Photo: Christopher Meng · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Dickinson Township works elsewhere
The two grades for Dickinson Township are A− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. There are 907 jobs in Dickinson Township, against 2,309 working residents. Measured by household income, Dickinson Township is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Dickinson Township stands out on work
The better-paid jobs are outside Dickinson Township
64% of Dickinson Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 33% of the jobs based in Dickinson Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Dickinson Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Dickinson Township went from 594 in 2013 to 907 in 2023, +53%. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Dickinson Township pay little
30% of the jobs based in Dickinson Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The four measures behind Dickinson Township’s grade
The poverty rate holds Dickinson Township’s grade up (3.3%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (4.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dickinson Township could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Making and building: 32% of jobs based in Dickinson Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dickinson Township, 2013 → 2023: 594 → 907. 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 Dickinson Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Dickinson Township
On a workday 2,247 residents head out to work, 62 work right here, and 845 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,100 people are in Dickinson Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
12% of working residents work in Carlisle
Where Dickinson Township clocks in
12% of workers
10% of workers
4% 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.
Dickinson Township’s commute takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dickinson Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,213 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.
The distance from Dickinson Township to work
About 18% 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.
In Dickinson Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dickinson Township is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns, #901 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,520 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). 1.7% of Dickinson Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dickinson Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Dickinson Township is 779th of 3,502 U.S. towns of 3,900 to 7,500 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 25 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 777 | Hampden MA | 4,960 | $105K | 3.8% | 5.0% | 8% | A− |
| 778 | Clarkson NY | 6,831 | $83K | 7.8% | 1.5% | 3% | A− |
| 779 | Dickinson Township PA | 5,519 | $105K | 3.3% | 4.3% | 3% | A− |
| 780 | Rio Pinar FL | 4,985 | $100K | 7.8% | 3.9% | 2% | A− |
| 781 | Gibraltar MI | 4,792 | $92K | 3.2% | 5.0% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,502 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Dickinson Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
10% of Dickinson Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dickinson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickinson Township | – | A− | C− | 26 min | $104,716 |
| West Pennsboro Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 25 min | $81,433 |
| South Middleton Township | 10% | A− | C+ | 23 min | $92,421 |
| Penn Township | under 2% | A− | B− | 25 min | $80,500 |
| Cooke Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cooke Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to South Middleton Township. Darker towns draw more of Dickinson 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 Dickinson Township: questions
What is the median household income in Dickinson Township?
$104,716 (±$35,291) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dickinson Township?
3.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dickinson Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dickinson Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carlisle (12%, 8 mi), South Middleton Township (10%, 6 mi), Middlesex Township (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dickinson Township walkable?
Dickinson Township is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dickinson 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 Dickinson Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dickinson 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.