Photo: KATMAAN · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer people are out of work in Derry Township (2.4%) than in 79% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers; Pennsylvania has 16%. Derry Township grades B for jobs and income and B− for walkability. About one in seven work in Derry Township itself; outside it, Lewistown draws the most (11%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Derry Township
Derry Township trades workers with the towns around it
Derry Township has about as many jobs (3,046) as working residents (3,301), but they are mostly different people: 2,867 residents leave for work each day while 2,612 people come in. Only 14% of the jobs in Derry Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Derry Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker, and quicker than any town next door (22 to 35 minutes). Time on the road ↓
A lot of Derry Township works one town over
25% of working residents work in a town that borders Derry Township: Lewistown (11%), Granville Township (7%) and Armagh Township (5%). Next door ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Derry Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Derry Township is better than 56% of U.S. towns, #623 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment holds Derry Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 27% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Derry Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
The daily flow of workers through Derry Township
On a workday 2,867 residents head out to work, 434 work right here, and 2,612 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.
Time on the road from Derry Township: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Derry Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,319 commuters (the 8% 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.
Where people from Derry Township work
Where Derry Township clocks in
11% 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.
Most jobs in Derry Township are in services
3,046 jobs are based in Derry Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Derry Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,170 → 3,046. 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 Derry Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Derry Township
About 20% 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.
The commute in Derry Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Derry Township is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns, #601 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Derry 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 3,612 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). 4.5% of Derry Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Derry Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Derry Township is 1,588th of 3,122 U.S. towns of 5,100 to 9,800 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 56 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
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| 1,586 | Wayne Township OH | 9,371 | $86K | 9.3% | 5.8% | 9% | B |
| 1,587 | Allegheny Township PA | 8,134 | $80K | 9.7% | 4.2% | 6% | B |
| 1,588 | Derry Township PA | 7,244 | $69K | 6.6% | 2.4% | 13% | B |
| 1,589 | Woodfin NC | 8,229 | $71K | 14.1% | 3.0% | 6% | B |
| 1,590 | Plainfield Township PA | 6,315 | $87K | 9.4% | 5.6% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,122 | 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 Derry Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work next door: 25% of Derry Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Derry Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derry Township | – | B | B− | 19 min | $69,070 |
| Lewistown | 11% | D | B | 22 min | $40,236 |
| Granville Township | 7% | B− | C− | 26 min | $76,250 |
| Brown Township | 2% | B− | B− | 27 min | $79,821 |
| Fermanagh Township | under 2% | C+ | B− | 29 min | $58,444 |
| Decatur Township | under 2% | C | C− | 27 min | $61,302 |
| Armagh Township | 5% | C | D | 31 min | $74,278 |
| Milford Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 35 min | $66,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Lewistown. Darker towns draw more of Derry 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 Derry Township: questions
What is the median household income in Derry Township?
$69,070 (±$4,140) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Derry Township?
6.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Derry Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Derry Township work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lewistown (11%, 3 mi), Granville Township (7%, 6 mi), Burnham (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Derry Township walkable?
Derry Township is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Derry Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Derry Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Derry 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.