Durham Mill and Furnace · Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 3.0Durham Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Household incomes here are higher than in 87% of U.S. towns. There are 83 jobs in Durham Township for 529 working residents. Jobs and income earn Durham Township A; getting around on foot earns it B.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Durham Township in brief
Durham Township is a place people come home to
There are 83 jobs based in Durham Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Durham Township has about 640 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Durham Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Home offices are common in Durham Township
27% of Durham Township workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
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; with 529 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Durham Township
Household income is its strongest input ($116,458, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (6.9%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Durham 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, Durham Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Who leaves Durham Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 522 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere.
About 640 people are in Durham Township on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
About 37 minutes each way for Durham Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Durham Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 365 commuters (the 27% 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.
7% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Durham Township clocks in
7% 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.
Goods, not services: 37% of the jobs in Durham Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Durham Township, 2013 → 2023: 151 → 83. 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 Durham Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Durham Township
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 Durham Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Durham Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 6.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 497 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). 5.6% of Durham Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Durham Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Durham Township comes 216th on jobs and income
| # | 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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| 8 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 214 | Califon NJ | 1,034 | $128K | 7.5% | 3.6% | <1% | A |
| 215 | Haverhill Township MN | 1,473 | $161K | 6.4% | 2.5% | <1% | A |
| 216 | Durham Township PA | 1,086 | $116K | 6.9% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| 217 | Uintah UT | 1,402 | $108K | 4.9% | 3.5% | 1% | A |
| 218 | Tri-Lakes IN | 1,025 | $115K | 4.7% | 0.0% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Durham Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Around Durham Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Springfield Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Durham Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durham Township | – | A | B | 37 min | $116,458 |
| Riegelsville | 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Nockamixon Township | 3% | A | B | 39 min | $104,965 |
| Williams Township | under 3% | A− | D | 33 min | $116,250 |
| Springfield Township | 4% | A+ | C− | 38 min | $122,538 |
Same-state neighbors only. Riegelsville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Durham 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 Durham Township: questions
What is the median household income in Durham Township?
$116,458 (±$27,127) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Durham Township?
6.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Durham Township?
37 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Durham Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (7%, 39 mi), Bethlehem (4%, 9 mi), Springfield Township (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Durham Township walkable?
Durham Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Durham Township without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Durham Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Durham 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.