Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Cromwell Township has lower household incomes than 85% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Below the poverty line: 12.3% of residents (Pennsylvania 11.7%). For jobs and income Cromwell Township is better than 10% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Cromwell Township, in brief
The quickest commute around
Cromwell Township’s 31-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 35 to 47 minutes. Next door ↓
Cromwell Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 532 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Cromwell Township
The poverty rate holds Cromwell Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.1%) is left out: Cromwell Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Cromwell Township could be anywhere from D− to C.
The daily trip from Cromwell Township: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cromwell Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 484 commuters (the 5% 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 many people are in Cromwell Township by day
On a workday 466 residents head out to work, 66 work right here, and 423 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
6% of working residents work in Ayr Township
Where Cromwell Township clocks in
6% of workers
3% 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.
What Cromwell Township’s employers do
489 jobs are based in Cromwell Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cromwell Township, 2013 → 2023: 129 → 489. 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 Cromwell Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Cromwell Township, by distance
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Cromwell Township: mostly by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% 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 510 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 Cromwell Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cromwell Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
5,224th of 6,308: where Cromwell Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 13 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,222 | Woodbridge Township MI | 1,308 | $67K | 27.2% | 4.6% | 4% | D |
| 5,223 | Beaver Township OH | 1,271 | $51K | 15.4% | 10.2% | 1% | D |
| 5,224 | Cromwell Township PA | 1,488 | $52K | 12.3% | 4.1% | 12% | D |
| 5,225 | Palmer TX | 1,435 | $19K | 76.2% | 0.0% | 0% | D |
| 5,226 | MacArthur WV | 1,493 | $36K | 36.4% | 16.9% | 2% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Cromwell Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns around Cromwell Township
The biggest share goes to Shirley Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cromwell Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cromwell Township | – | D | C− | 31 min | $52,054 |
| Shirley Township | 6% | C− | C− | 41 min | $49,750 |
| Tell Township | under 2% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Cass Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 47 min | $78,750 |
| Dublin Township | under 2% | C− | C− | 45 min | $68,472 |
| Springfield Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Clay Township | under 2% | — | — | 42 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Tell Township and Springfield Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Clay Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cromwell 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 Cromwell Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cromwell Township?
$52,054 (±$15,795) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cromwell Township?
12.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cromwell Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cromwell Township work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ayr Township (6%, 27 mi), Shirley Township (6%, 8 mi), Orbisonia (3%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cromwell Township walkable?
Cromwell Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cromwell Township without a car?
0% 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 Cromwell Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cromwell 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.