Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Crescent Township commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Working residents average 24 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. Crescent Township has 579 jobs, against 1,181 working residents. The two grades for Crescent Township are B+ for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Crescent Township
Crescent Township makes and builds things
80% of the jobs based in Crescent Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Crescent Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 11%. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Crescent Township pay over $40,000 a year
75% of the jobs based in Crescent Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Crescent Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Crescent Township is better than 65% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Crescent Township’s grade up (4.8%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (6.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Crescent Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
In Crescent Township, 80% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crescent Township, 2013 → 2023: 613 → 579. 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 Crescent Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Crescent Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,156 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 554 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Crescent Township on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
18% of working residents work in Pittsburgh
Where Crescent Township clocks in
18% of workers
16% 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.
About 24 minutes to work from Crescent Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crescent Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 832 commuters (the 21% 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.
Miles to work from Crescent Township
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.
In Crescent Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Crescent Township is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,048 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 3.5% of Crescent Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Crescent Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Crescent Township is 1,419th of 4,995 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 25 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
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| 73 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
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| 1,417 | Sands Township MI | 2,363 | $87K | 7.5% | 1.5% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,418 | Amanda Township OH | 2,763 | $81K | 11.9% | 2.4% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,419 | Crescent Township PA | 2,369 | $82K | 4.8% | 6.6% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,420 | Haycock Township PA | 2,201 | $101K | 5.4% | 8.6% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,421 | Rineyville KY | 2,470 | $85K | 3.9% | 4.9% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Crescent Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work next door: 18% of Crescent Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Moon Township (16%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Crescent Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crescent Township | – | B+ | B | 24 min | $81,992 |
| Moon Township | 16% | A | B+ | 28 min | $113,170 |
| Leetsdale | 2% | B+ | A | 25 min | $66,346 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Crescent 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 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 Crescent Township: questions
What is the median household income in Crescent Township?
$81,992 (±$8,340) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crescent Township?
4.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crescent Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crescent Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (18%, 16 mi), Moon Township (16%, 3 mi), Findlay Township (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Crescent Township walkable?
Crescent Township is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Crescent Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crescent Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crescent Township
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.