Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0At 1.1%, unemployment in Eldred Township is lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
Only 4% stay in Eldred Township for work; outside it, Chestnuthill Township is the main destination (7%, 7 miles). The two grades for Eldred Township are B for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. 10% of workers work from home (Pennsylvania 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Eldred Township, in a few figures
Eldred Township is a place people come home to
There are 192 jobs based in Eldred Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Eldred Township has about 1,700 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Eldred Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Eldred Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Eldred Township is better than 63% of U.S. towns, #545 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment holds Eldred Township’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($70,526, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Eldred Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
The workday shuffle in and out of Eldred Township
On a workday 1,034 residents head out to work, 47 work right here, and 145 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Eldred Township on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.18 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.
Commuting from Eldred Township: about 34 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eldred Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,056 commuters (the 10% 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.
Where Eldred Township’s working residents head each day
Where Eldred Township clocks in
7% of workers
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.
Jobs in Eldred Township: what the 192 are
192 jobs are based in Eldred Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eldred Township, 2013 → 2023: 138 → 192. 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 Eldred Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Eldred Township
About 21% 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.
Few in Eldred Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Eldred Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns, #659 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,167 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). 2.7% of Eldred Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Eldred Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500, Eldred Township ranks 1,616th of 5,083 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 76 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,614 | Jackson Township OH | 3,138 | $88K | 8.5% | 3.7% | 2% | B |
| 1,615 | Fulton Township OH | 3,149 | $82K | 12.6% | 2.8% | 3% | B |
| 1,616 | Eldred Township PA | 2,613 | $71K | 9.4% | 1.1% | 4% | B |
| 1,617 | The Homesteads TX | 3,053 | $77K | 15.7% | 3.1% | <1% | B |
| 1,618 | Westhampton Beach NY | 2,273 | $141K | 10.8% | 5.8% | 12% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Eldred Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Eldred Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eldred Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eldred Township | – | B | C+ | 34 min | $70,526 |
| Moore Township | under 2% | A | D | 27 min | $102,789 |
| Polk Township | 4% | C+ | C | 40 min | $80,625 |
| Lower Towamensing Township | 3% | B | C+ | 35 min | $68,789 |
| Towamensing Township | under 2% | B− | D | 27 min | $69,245 |
| Ross Township | under 2% | C+ | B− | 34 min | $64,392 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Polk Township. Darker towns draw more of Eldred 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 Eldred Township: questions
What is the median household income in Eldred Township?
$70,526 (±$16,868) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eldred Township?
9.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eldred Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eldred Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chestnuthill Township (7%, 7 mi), Polk Township (4%, 6 mi), Hanover Township (3%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eldred Township walkable?
Eldred Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eldred Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eldred Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eldred 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.