Photo: Wherring at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Hardly anyone in Cornwall is out of work
Only 3% stay in Cornwall for work; outside it, Lebanon is the main destination (9%, 6 miles). The two grades for Cornwall are A+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Cornwall, in brief
Jobs & income in Cornwall: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cornwall is better than 98% of U.S. towns, #22 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment is its strongest input (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 74% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cornwall could be anywhere from A to A+.
What the 729 jobs in Cornwall are
729 jobs are based in Cornwall.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cornwall, 2013 → 2023: 508 → 729. 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 Cornwall’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Cornwall by day and by night
On a workday 1,852 residents head out to work, 60 work right here, and 669 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,500 people are in Cornwall on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
0.38 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.
Where the trip to work from Cornwall ends
Where Cornwall clocks in
9% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
Getting to work from Cornwall takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cornwall workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,770 commuters (the 11% 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 commute from Cornwall, by distance
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.
Cornwall is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cornwall is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #612 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 6.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,997 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.2% of Cornwall households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cornwall’s commuters take a bus or train.
105th of 3,798: where Cornwall ranks among U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 25 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 103 | Somerset WI | 4,536 | $131K | 1.6% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 104 | India Hook SC | 3,960 | $107K | 1.2% | 0.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 105 | Cornwall PA | 4,698 | $108K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| 106 | West Newbury MA | 4,709 | $180K | 1.6% | 2.4% | 5% | A+ |
| 107 | Pound Ridge NY | 5,057 | $250K | 4.5% | 2.0% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,798 | 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 Cornwall, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
10% of Cornwall works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to South Lebanon Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cornwall workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwall | – | A+ | B− | 26 min | $107,583 |
| West Cornwall Township | under 2% | A− | D | 24 min | $84,750 |
| South Lebanon Township | 7% | A− | B− | 21 min | $85,120 |
| Quentin | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| North Cornwall Township | 3% | C+ | C | 20 min | $78,803 |
| Penn Township | under 2% | A | C+ | 25 min | $87,620 |
Same-state neighbors only. Quentin: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cornwall’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 Cornwall: questions
What is the median household income in Cornwall?
$107,583 (±$13,523) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cornwall?
2.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cornwall?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cornwall work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lebanon (9%, 6 mi), Derry Township (7%, 13 mi), South Lebanon Township (7%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cornwall walkable?
Cornwall is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cornwall without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cornwall, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cornwall
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.