More people are out of work in Derry (10.0%) than in 94% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are lower than in 87% of U.S. towns. Derry grades D for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Only 4% work in Derry; the top destination outside it is Derry Township (12%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Derry
Derry’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Derry is better than 14% of U.S. towns, #998 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Derry’s grade up (ahead of 54% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Derry could be anywhere from D to C+.
A workday in Derry: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,124 residents head out to work, 46 work right here, and 356 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Derry on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.34 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 Derry’s working residents head each day
Where Derry 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.
67% of the jobs in Derry pay over $3,333 a month
402 jobs are based in Derry.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Derry, 2013 → 2023: 151 → 402. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Derry, about 23 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Derry workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 923 commuters (the 11% 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 distance from Derry to work
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.
In Derry, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Derry is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns, #549 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% 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 1,035 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). 9.9% of Derry households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Derry’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Derry is 4,223rd among 5,083 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500
| # | 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 76 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,221 | East Dublin GA | 2,552 | $50K | 28.7% | 4.1% | 4% | D |
| 4,222 | Tupper Lake NY | 3,288 | $57K | 22.5% | 3.6% | 30% | D |
| 4,223 | Derry PA | 2,561 | $50K | 16.6% | 10.0% | 4% | D |
| 4,224 | Bethel ME | 2,751 | $59K | 13.9% | 5.2% | 32% | D |
| 4,225 | Carlisle-Rockledge AL | 1,993 | $60K | 21.7% | 12.8% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
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: questions
What is the median household income in Derry?
$50,313 (±$6,388) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Derry?
16.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Derry?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Derry work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Derry Township (12%, 3 mi), Unity Township (11%, 8 mi), Latrobe (11%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Derry walkable?
Derry is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 10.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Derry without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Derry, from the people who make the trip.
More of Derry
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.