Eisenhower National Historic Site · Photo: Jack E. Boucher · Public domainCumberland Township has lower unemployment (3.5%) than 61% of U.S. towns
Working residents average 24 minutes each way, where Pennsylvania has 26 and the U.S. 26. Jobs and income earn Cumberland Township B; getting around on foot earns it B. Only 7% stay in Cumberland Township for work; outside it, Gettysburg is the main destination (14%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Cumberland Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cumberland Township is better than 62% of U.S. towns, #549 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Cumberland Township’s grade up (7.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 46% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cumberland Township could be anywhere from C to A.
Cumberland Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,833 residents head out to work, 225 work right here, and 2,031 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,400 people are in Cumberland Township on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.74 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 Cumberland Township’s working residents head each day
Where Cumberland Township clocks in
14% 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.
Jobs in Cumberland Township: what the 2,256 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cumberland Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,102 → 2,256. 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 Cumberland Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cumberland Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,686 commuters (the 16% 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 Cumberland Township, by distance
About 21% 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.
Most of Cumberland Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cumberland Township is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns, #527 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Cumberland 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 3,194 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 1.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 61% 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). 3.6% of Cumberland Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cumberland Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Cumberland Township ranks: 1,397th of 3,094 U.S. towns of 5,100 to 9,700
| # | 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 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 22 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
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| 63 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
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| 79 | London Grove Township PA | 9,047 | $176K | 1.8% | 0.3% | 5% | A+ |
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| 1,395 | Locust NC | 6,120 | $77K | 8.7% | 3.6% | 4% | B |
| 1,396 | Carnegie PA | 7,777 | $68K | 11.7% | 3.5% | 4% | B |
| 1,397 | Cumberland Township PA | 7,219 | $83K | 7.3% | 3.5% | 7% | B |
| 1,398 | Pendleton IN | 5,930 | $87K | 9.1% | 5.2% | 11% | B |
| 1,399 | Orleans MA | 6,524 | $102K | 8.6% | 3.2% | 22% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,094 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Cumberland Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Bordering towns draw 21% of Cumberland Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cumberland Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland Township | – | B | B | 24 min | $83,021 |
| Mount Joy Township | 1% | B+ | B− | 29 min | $93,917 |
| Straban Township | 6% | B+ | B+ | 27 min | $88,438 |
| Freedom Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Gettysburg | 14% | C | A+ | 16 min | $54,365 |
| Highland Township | under 2% | A− | B− | 29 min | $108,958 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 34 min | $100,475 |
| Butler Township | under 2% | B− | C | 26 min | $89,276 |
Same-state neighbors only. Freedom Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Gettysburg. Darker towns draw more of Cumberland 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 Cumberland Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cumberland Township?
$83,021 (±$15,599) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cumberland Township?
7.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cumberland Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cumberland Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gettysburg (14%, 2 mi), Straban Township (6%, 7 mi), Hanover (3%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cumberland Township walkable?
Cumberland Township is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cumberland Township without a car?
0% 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 Cumberland Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cumberland 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.