Photo: Andrew Bossi · CC BY-SA 2.5There are 2.2 jobs in Earl Township for every working resident, and 5,081 people commute in
5% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Earl Township has 5,574 jobs; 2,536 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Earl Township is better than 67% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Earl Township and work: the main findings
Earl Township makes and builds things
56% of the jobs based in Earl Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Earl Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 33%. The jobs ↓
Earl Township is where the jobs are
Earl Township has 5,574 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 10,000 people are in town, 42% more than the 7,100 who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Earl Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
A young workforce
33% of Earl Township’s working residents are 29 or younger, about one in three. The jobs ↓
Earl Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Earl Township went from 3,728 in 2013 to 5,574 in 2023, +50%. 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.
Where Earl Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Job access by car holds Earl Township’s grade up (ahead of 72% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (10.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Earl Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Factories, building and farms: 56% of the jobs in Earl Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Earl Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,728 → 5,574. 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 Earl Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Earl Township by day
On a workday 2,043 residents head out to work and 493 work right here.
About 10,000 people are in Earl Township on a workday afternoon, 42% more than live here.
2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Each way, about 19 minutes from Earl Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Earl Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,408 commuters (the 5% 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.
Who travels to work in Earl Township, and from where
Where Earl Township clocks in
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.
Miles to work from Earl 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.
Driving is how Earl Township gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 13.3% 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 2,534 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). 23.4% of Earl Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Earl Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Earl Township places 1,256th of 3,205 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 5,000 to 9,700
| # | 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 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 23 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
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| 65 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
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| 81 | London Grove Township PA | 9,047 | $176K | 1.8% | 0.3% | 5% | A+ |
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| 1,254 | Jefferson Township IN | 6,002 | $74K | 7.0% | 3.0% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,255 | St. George Township KS | 5,056 | $89K | 7.4% | 2.2% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,256 | Earl Township PA | 7,149 | $84K | 10.8% | 3.1% | 19% | B+ |
| 1,257 | Helena Valley Northwest MT | 5,183 | $101K | 2.6% | 4.5% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,258 | Litchfield Beach SC | 9,044 | $76K | 8.5% | 1.6% | 16% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,205 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Earl Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Bordering towns draw 16% of Earl Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to East Earl Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Earl Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Township | – | B+ | B+ | 19 min | $83,793 |
| Ephrata Township | 3% | B+ | B+ | 24 min | $85,058 |
| Leacock Township | 3% | A | A− | 21 min | $83,260 |
| East Earl Township | 6% | A | B | 22 min | $102,410 |
| Upper Leacock Township | 4% | B+ | B− | 21 min | $83,818 |
| Brecknock Township | under 2% | A+ | B− | 23 min | $99,238 |
| West Earl Township | under 2% | A− | A− | 21 min | $98,068 |
| Blue Ball | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| East Cocalico Township | under 2% | A | C+ | 21 min | $96,875 |
Same-state neighbors only. Blue Ball: 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 Earl 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 Earl Township: questions
What is the median household income in Earl Township?
$83,793 (±$11,712) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Earl Township?
10.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Earl Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Earl Township work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Holland (7%, 1 mi), East Earl Township (6%, 4 mi), Upper Leacock Township (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Earl Township walkable?
Earl Township is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 13% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Earl Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 23% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Earl Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Earl 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.