Coraopolis Railroad Station · Photo: Crolinson · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Coraopolis earn less than those in 68% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Coraopolis are B− for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. Below the poverty line: 11.5% of residents, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 11.7%. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 3.6 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 37.5 in Pittsburgh.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Coraopolis in brief
The four measures behind Coraopolis’ grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Coraopolis is better than 53% of U.S. towns, #661 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Coraopolis’ grade up (ahead of 87% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($63,828, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Coraopolis could be anywhere from C to A−.
The kinds of work in Coraopolis
1,835 jobs are based in Coraopolis.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coraopolis, 2013 → 2023: 1,875 → 1,835. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Coraopolis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Coraopolis quiets down on a workday
On a workday 2,457 residents head out to work, 152 work right here, and 1,683 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,500 people are in Coraopolis on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.70 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
19% of working residents work in Pittsburgh
Where Coraopolis clocks in
19% of workers
9% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Coraopolis
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coraopolis workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,318 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Coraopolis to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Coraopolis is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Coraopolis is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns, #101 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 6.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,836 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 32% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 79% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 14.2% of Coraopolis households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Coraopolis’ commuters take a bus or train.
Coraopolis places 1,842nd of 3,582 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| 31 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,840 | Lincoln Township IN | 4,720 | $81K | 11.5% | 3.1% | 4% | B− |
| 1,841 | Hummelstown PA | 4,492 | $63K | 11.8% | 4.1% | 6% | B− |
| 1,842 | Coraopolis PA | 5,280 | $64K | 11.5% | 4.5% | 6% | B− |
| 1,843 | Monaca PA | 5,456 | $74K | 10.5% | 5.1% | 5% | B− |
| 1,844 | Stone Park IL | 4,477 | $67K | 11.7% | 5.7% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,582 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Coraopolis, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
14% of Coraopolis works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Moon Township (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Coraopolis workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coraopolis | – | B− | A+ | 22 min | $63,828 |
| Moon Township | 9% | A | B+ | 28 min | $113,170 |
| Robinson Township | 5% | A+ | B+ | 24 min | $103,048 |
| Neville Township | under 2% | B− | A | 22 min | $61,094 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Coraopolis’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Coraopolis: questions
What is the median household income in Coraopolis?
$63,828 (±$4,381) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coraopolis?
11.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coraopolis?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coraopolis work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (19%, 11 mi), Moon Township (9%, 2 mi), Robinson Township (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Coraopolis walkable?
Coraopolis is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 15.5 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Coraopolis without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. 32% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coraopolis, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coraopolis
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.