Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Delaware Township works elsewhere
For jobs and income Delaware Township is better than 35% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (C+). 162 jobs are based in Delaware Township; 759 of its residents have a job. 2% of workers work from home, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Delaware Township
Delaware Township is a place people come home to
There are 162 jobs based in Delaware Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Delaware Township has about 1,400 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Delaware Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 759 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Delaware Township
The poverty rate holds Delaware Township’s grade up (8.9%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.8%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Delaware Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
A workday in Delaware Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 733 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Delaware Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Delaware Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Delaware Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 844 commuters (the 3% 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.
11% of working residents work in Hermitage
Where Delaware Township clocks in
11% of workers
5% 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.
Delaware Township works in goods: 65% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Delaware Township, 2014 → 2024: 269 → 162. 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 Delaware Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Delaware Township goes to work
About 24% 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 of Delaware Township commutes by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 3.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 866 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). 6.6% of Delaware Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Delaware Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Delaware Township is 3,090th of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 7% | A+ |
| 31 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | West Conshohocken PA | 1,498 | $139K | 5.0% | 1.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,088 | Galesville WI | 1,704 | $71K | 12.3% | 0.0% | 8% | C+ |
| 3,089 | Bethany NY | 1,749 | $76K | 13.0% | 3.9% | 2% | C+ |
| 3,090 | Delaware Township PA | 2,022 | $72K | 8.9% | 5.8% | 3% | C+ |
| 3,091 | Mapleton MN | 1,622 | $81K | 13.4% | 5.6% | 15% | C |
| 3,092 | Pequot Lakes MN | 2,483 | $64K | 6.6% | 10.4% | 13% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Delaware Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
How Delaware Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Pymatuning Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Delaware Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware Township | – | C+ | C+ | 27 min | $71,765 |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 24 min | $67,500 |
| Hempfield Township | under 2% | C− | B− | 18 min | $49,653 |
| Otter Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Fairview Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Fredonia | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Pymatuning Township | 5% | C+ | C− | 23 min | $54,574 |
Same-state neighbors only. Otter Creek Township, Fairview Township and Fredonia: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Delaware 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 Delaware Township: questions
What is the median household income in Delaware Township?
$71,765 (±$12,749) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Delaware Township?
8.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Delaware Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Delaware Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hermitage (11%, 9 mi), Sharon (5%, 11 mi), Pymatuning Township (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Delaware Township walkable?
Delaware Township is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Delaware Township without a car?
2% 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 Delaware Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Delaware 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.