Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Dingman Township works elsewhere
Dingman Township has 628 jobs, against 5,001 working residents. The two grades for Dingman Township are C+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 78% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Dingman Township, in a few figures
Dingman Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 43 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 330 hours of commuting, 130 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Dingman Township is a place people come home to
There are 628 jobs based in Dingman Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Dingman Township has about 9,100 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Dingman Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Dingman Township went from 461 in 2013 to 628 in 2023, +36%. 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Dingman Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Dingman Township is better than 41% of U.S. towns, #771 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Household income holds Dingman Township’s grade up ($100,972, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 5% 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, Dingman Township could be anywhere from C to B.
Each way, about 43 minutes from Dingman Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dingman Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,886 commuters (the 14% 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.
How many people are in Dingman Township by day
On a workday 4,758 residents head out to work, 243 work right here, and 385 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,100 people are in Dingman Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Dingman Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dingman Township, 2013 → 2023: 461 → 628. 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 Dingman Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
8% of working residents work in Milford
Where Dingman Township clocks in
8% of workers
4% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Dingman Township
About 29% 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.
Dingman Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dingman Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns, #856 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,688 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). 3.7% of Dingman Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Dingman Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Dingman Township next to U.S. towns of 9,000 to 18,000: 1,756th of 2,526 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 20 | Lower Moreland Township PA | 14,116 | $154K | 2.6% | 2.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Skippack Township PA | 14,502 | $148K | 2.5% | 2.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,754 | North Lakes AK | 10,223 | $102K | 7.3% | 7.1% | — | C+ |
| 1,755 | Glassmanor MD | 16,981 | $66K | 14.7% | 7.9% | <1% | C+ |
| 1,756 | Dingman Township PA | 13,467 | $101K | 6.0% | 7.1% | 5% | C+ |
| 1,757 | Azalea Park FL | 16,180 | $63K | 14.0% | 6.7% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,758 | Estelle LA | 16,341 | $79K | 17.0% | 7.8% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,526 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Dingman Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
17% of Dingman Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Milford (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dingman Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dingman Township | – | C+ | C | 43 min | $100,972 |
| Blooming Grove Township | 3% | C+ | C− | 36 min | $85,457 |
| Milford Township | 4% | B− | B | 25 min | $85,234 |
| Shohola Township | 2% | C+ | C | 30 min | $93,750 |
| Milford | 8% | C+ | A+ | 20 min | $74,844 |
| Delaware Township | under 3% | C− | B− | 57 min | $86,478 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dingman 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 Dingman Township: questions
What is the median household income in Dingman Township?
$100,972 (±$5,558) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dingman Township?
6.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dingman Township?
43 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dingman Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milford (8%, 6 mi), Milford Township (4%, 5 mi), Wallkill (4%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dingman Township walkable?
Dingman Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dingman Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dingman Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dingman 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.