Households in Cranberry Township have lower incomes than those in 72% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 12.8% of residents, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania. The two grades for Cranberry Township are C− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. About one in five work in Cranberry Township itself; outside it, Oil City draws the most (10%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Cranberry Township
Where Cranberry Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cranberry Township is better than 20% of U.S. towns, #950 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Cranberry Township’s grade.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cranberry Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Cranberry Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,921 residents head out to work, 529 work right here, and 3,300 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,600 people are in Cranberry Township on a workday afternoon, 22% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that send workers to Cranberry Township
Where Cranberry Township clocks in
10% of workers
8% 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.
Inside Cranberry Township’s 3,829 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cranberry Township, 2014 → 2024: 3,673 → 3,829. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cranberry Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way, about the PA average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cranberry Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,158 commuters (the 10% 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.
How far Cranberry Township’s workers travel
About 26% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Cranberry Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cranberry Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns, #910 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Cranberry Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,403 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). 7.0% of Cranberry Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Cranberry Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cranberry Township places 2,750th of 3,297 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 4,400 to 8,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,748 | Morehead KY | 6,776 | $37K | 38.0% | 5.4% | 32% | C− |
| 2,749 | Eldon MO | 4,785 | $42K | 12.8% | 4.6% | 17% | C− |
| 2,750 | Cranberry Township PA | 6,241 | $61K | 12.8% | 5.7% | 22% | C− |
| 2,751 | Denison IA | 8,214 | $66K | 17.5% | 5.4% | 54% | C− |
| 2,752 | Lebanon KY | 6,699 | $45K | 25.6% | 3.7% | 45% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,297 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Cranberry Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door is work for 19% of Cranberry Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cranberry Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cranberry Township | – | C− | C− | 26 min | $60,977 |
| Rockland Township | under 2% | C− | C | 30 min | $53,125 |
| Sandycreek Township | 3% | C+ | B− | 19 min | $87,794 |
| Oil City | 10% | C− | A− | 18 min | $51,316 |
| Sugarcreek | 5% | C− | B− | 19 min | $63,987 |
| Cornplanter Township | 1% | C | C+ | 22 min | $68,929 |
| Pinegrove Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 33 min | $77,188 |
| President Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Ashland Township | under 2% | C− | B− | 25 min | $79,205 |
Same-state neighbors only. President Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Oil City. Darker towns draw more of Cranberry Township’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 2024, 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 Cranberry Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cranberry Township?
$60,977 (±$11,502) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cranberry Township?
12.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cranberry Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cranberry Township work?
22% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oil City (10%, 5 mi), Franklin (8%, 7 mi), Sugarcreek (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Cranberry Township walkable?
Cranberry Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cranberry Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cranberry Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cranberry Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.