Bridge in Dreher Township · Photo: PennDOT · Public domainDreher Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
308 jobs are based in Dreher Township for 591 working residents. Jobs and income earn Dreher Township D; getting around on foot earns it B. Measured by household income, Dreher Township is behind 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The figures behind Dreher Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Dreher Township is better than 9% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Dreher Township’s grade up (ahead of 34% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (24.8%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (5.0%) is left out: Dreher Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Dreher Township could be anywhere from D to C−.
Dreher Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 577 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 294 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Dreher Township on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
8% of working residents work in Scranton
Where Dreher 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Dreher Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dreher Township, 2013 → 2023: 285 → 308. 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 Dreher Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Dreher Township’s commute takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dreher Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 378 commuters (the 23% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Dreher Township
About 27% 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 Dreher Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dreher Township is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Dreher 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 492 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). 8.5% of Dreher Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dreher Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
4,929th of 5,877: where Dreher Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,927 | Rathbone NY | 1,121 | $63K | 22.8% | 5.1% | 2% | D |
| 4,928 | Marshall Township OH | 1,036 | $67K | 24.0% | 0.0% | 1% | D |
| 4,929 | Dreher Township PA | 1,373 | $52K | 24.8% | 5.0% | 2% | D |
| 4,930 | Morgantown MS | 1,038 | $52K | 19.2% | 5.6% | 0% | D |
| 4,931 | Saunders Lake OR | 1,338 | $64K | 18.1% | 0.0% | 2% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Dreher Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
How Dreher Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Sterling Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dreher Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dreher Township | – | D | B | 25 min | $51,648 |
| Greene Township | under 3% | D | C | 44 min | $64,219 |
| Sterling Township | 3% | C+ | C+ | 25 min | $70,417 |
| Coolbaugh Township | under 3% | C− | B | 39 min | $82,615 |
| Lehigh Township | under 3% | C− | C+ | 24 min | $55,536 |
| Pocono Springs | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pocono Springs: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dreher 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 Dreher Township: questions
What is the median household income in Dreher Township?
$51,648 (±$6,932) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dreher Township?
24.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dreher Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dreher Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Scranton (8%, 18 mi), Salem Township (4%, 7 mi), New York City (4%, 86 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dreher Township walkable?
Dreher Township is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dreher Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dreher Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dreher 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.