Fricks Locks Historic District · Photo: James Bubeck · CC0More people are out of work in East Coventry Township (9.3%) than in 93% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 24% of workers; Pennsylvania has 16%. East Coventry Township grades B+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in East Coventry Township, in a few figures
No single place dominates East Coventry Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Philadelphia, gets only 8% of working residents, and 61% work outside the top ten towns entirely. East Coventry Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
East Coventry Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside East Coventry Township is Philadelphia, 29 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (273) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Home offices are common in East Coventry Township
24% of East Coventry Township workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
East Coventry Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in East Coventry Township went from 810 in 2014 to 1,095 in 2024, +35%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, 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.
Income, poverty and work: East Coventry Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, East Coventry Township is better than 74% of U.S. towns, #413 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Household income holds East Coventry Township’s grade up ($120,798, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, East Coventry Township could be anywhere from B− to A+.
8% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where East Coventry Township clocks in
8% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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 East Coventry Township
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The trip to work from East Coventry Township: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of East Coventry Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,533 commuters (the 24% 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.
Goods jobs make up 28% of work in East Coventry Township
1,095 jobs are based in East Coventry Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in East Coventry Township, 2014 → 2024: 810 → 1,095. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Coventry Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
East Coventry Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 3,125 residents head out to work, 121 work right here, and 974 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,300 people are in East Coventry Township on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.34 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 2024, primary jobs.
The commute in East Coventry Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, East Coventry Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns, #832 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,333 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). 2.1% of East Coventry Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of East Coventry Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
East Coventry Township places 1,017th of 3,125 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 5,200 to 10,100
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,015 | Green Township IN | 7,932 | $97K | 4.2% | 6.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,016 | Frankford Township NJ | 5,368 | $117K | 3.0% | 5.0% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,017 | East Coventry Township PA | 7,463 | $121K | 4.2% | 9.3% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,018 | Springfield Township PA | 6,186 | $122K | 9.2% | 4.0% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,019 | Henniker NH | 6,256 | $95K | 11.6% | 1.2% | 14% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,125 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 East Coventry Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
How East Coventry Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Limerick Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | East Coventry Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Coventry Township | – | B+ | C | 27 min | $120,798 |
| South Coventry Township | 2% | A+ | C+ | 29 min | $158,162 |
| Lower Pottsgrove Township | under 3% | B | B− | 28 min | $93,563 |
| North Coventry Township | under 3% | A | C− | 26 min | $98,896 |
| Limerick Township | 4% | A | B− | 26 min | $121,061 |
| Sanatoga | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| East Vincent Township | under 3% | B+ | B+ | 28 min | $138,214 |
| Kenilworth | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sanatoga and Kenilworth: 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 East Coventry 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 2024, 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 East Coventry Township: questions
What is the median household income in East Coventry Township?
$120,798 (±$35,694) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in East Coventry Township?
4.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from East Coventry Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in East Coventry Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (8%, 29 mi), Tredyffrin Township (6%, 13 mi), Upper Merion Township (5%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is East Coventry Township walkable?
East Coventry Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around East Coventry Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from East Coventry Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of East Coventry Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.