Photo: Hshuvaeva · CC BY-SA 3.0Hardly anyone in Douglass Township is out of work
Only 4% work in Douglass Township itself; outside it, Boyertown draws the most (4%, 4 miles). Jobs and income earn Douglass Township A; getting around on foot earns it C+. Commuters spend 24 minutes getting to work on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Douglass Township
Most jobs in Douglass Township pay over $40,000 a year
78% of the jobs based in Douglass Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Douglass Township makes and builds things
44% of the jobs based in Douglass Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Douglass Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
The quickest commute around
Douglass Township’s 24-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 27 to 36 minutes. 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.
The four measures behind Douglass Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Douglass Township is better than 88% of U.S. towns, #190 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment is its strongest input (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($79,808, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Douglass Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Douglass Township makes things: 44% of its jobs are in goods
945 jobs are based in Douglass Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Douglass Township, 2013 → 2023: 860 → 945. 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 Douglass Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Douglass Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,686 residents head out to work, 62 work right here, and 883 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,100 people are in Douglass Township on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.54 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 Douglass Township goes to work
Where Douglass Township clocks in
4% 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.
Getting to work from Douglass Township takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Douglass Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,369 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 miles Douglass Township commutes
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.
Few in Douglass Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Douglass Township is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns, #739 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,594 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). 4.0% of Douglass Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Douglass Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,200, Douglass Township ranks 472nd of 4,264 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 21 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 470 | Minster OH | 3,062 | $88K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 20% | A |
| 471 | Dunstable MA | 3,486 | $209K | 0.5% | 5.6% | 5% | A |
| 472 | Douglass Township PA | 3,874 | $80K | 5.3% | 0.0% | 4% | A |
| 473 | Charlotte VT | 3,846 | $144K | 3.7% | 1.1% | 10% | A |
| 474 | Lathrup Village MI | 4,019 | $110K | 5.6% | 4.2% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,264 | 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 Douglass Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door to Douglass Township
The biggest share goes to Colebrookdale Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Douglass Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglass Township | – | A | C+ | 24 min | $79,808 |
| Amity Township | 2% | A− | B− | 32 min | $118,296 |
| West Pottsgrove Township | under 3% | B+ | B | 27 min | $81,065 |
| Union Township | under 3% | A | C− | 31 min | $113,159 |
| Stowe | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Colebrookdale Township | 3% | B− | B− | 27 min | $90,378 |
| Upper Pottsgrove Township | under 3% | B+ | C+ | 36 min | $121,566 |
| Douglassville | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Earl Township | under 3% | A− | D | 28 min | $100,398 |
Same-state neighbors only. Stowe and Douglassville: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Douglass 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 Douglass Township: questions
What is the median household income in Douglass Township?
$79,808 (±$19,006) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Douglass Township?
5.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Douglass Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Douglass Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boyertown (4%, 4 mi), Limerick Township (3%, 9 mi), Pottstown (3%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Douglass Township walkable?
Douglass Township is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Douglass Township without a car?
0% 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 Douglass Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Douglass 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.