Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0Delaware Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 6% work in Delaware Township; the top destination outside it is Milford (7%, 9 miles). Employers in Delaware Township report 429 jobs; 2,784 of its residents have a job. Delaware Township grades C− 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
Where Delaware Township stands out on work
Delaware Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 57 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 437 hours of commuting, 238 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
No single place dominates Delaware Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Milford, gets only 7% of working residents, and 69% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Delaware Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Delaware Township
57% of Delaware Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 36% of the jobs based in Delaware Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Delaware Township pay little
29% of the jobs based in Delaware Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
40% of the jobs in Delaware Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 24% of the jobs its residents hold. 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.
Delaware Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Delaware Township is better than 24% of U.S. towns, #919 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Household income holds Delaware Township’s grade up ($86,478, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 5% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Delaware Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Getting to work from Delaware Township takes about 57 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 18.2 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 3,139 commuters (the 12% 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.
Out of Delaware Township to work: where people go
Where Delaware Township clocks in
7% of workers
3% 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 Delaware Township: what the 429 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Delaware Township, 2013 → 2023: 382 → 429. 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 Delaware Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Delaware Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 2,626 residents head out to work, 158 work right here, and 271 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,500 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 2023, primary jobs.
The commute from Delaware Township, by distance
About 28% 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.
Driving is how Delaware Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Delaware Township is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns, #641 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,580 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). 2.2% of Delaware Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Delaware Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 5,500 to 10,600, Delaware Township ranks 2,472nd of 3,026 on jobs and income
| # | 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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| 56 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 66 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
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| 2,470 | Collinsville VA | 7,139 | $52K | 16.3% | 4.7% | 11% | C− |
| 2,471 | Woodstock VA | 6,002 | $76K | 22.1% | 5.6% | 21% | C− |
| 2,472 | Delaware Township PA | 7,834 | $86K | 11.1% | 7.5% | 6% | C− |
| 2,473 | Mendota IL | 6,894 | $52K | 14.1% | 4.8% | 25% | C− |
| 2,474 | Winnemucca NV | 8,307 | $82K | 14.0% | 5.7% | 42% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,026 | 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 Delaware Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Delaware Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Dingman Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Delaware Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware Township | – | C− | B− | 57 min | $86,478 |
| Lehman Township | under 2% | D | B− | 53 min | $66,870 |
| Dingman Township | 2% | C+ | C | 43 min | $100,972 |
| Porter Township | under 2% | — | — | 56 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Porter Township: 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 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 Delaware Township: questions
What is the median household income in Delaware Township?
$86,478 (±$6,521) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Delaware Township?
11.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Delaware Township?
57 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Delaware Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milford (7%, 9 mi), New York City (3%, 65 mi), Milford Township (3%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Delaware Township walkable?
Delaware Township is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Delaware Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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), 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.