Photo: Smallbones at English Wikipedia · Public domainMost of Elk Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
155 jobs are based in Elk Township, against 935 working residents. Elk Township grades A− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Measured by household income, Elk Township is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Elk Township
Elk Township is a place people come home to
There are 155 jobs based in Elk Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Elk Township has about 940 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Elk Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 46 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; with 935 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Elk Township
On income, poverty and job access, Elk Township is better than 77% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Elk Township’s grade up ($114,856, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 37% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (2.1%) is left out: Elk 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, Elk Township could be anywhere from B to A.
The daily flow of workers through Elk Township
On a workday 908 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 128 people come in from elsewhere.
About 940 people are in Elk Township on a workday afternoon, 45% 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.
A commute of about 32 minutes in Elk Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Elk Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 813 commuters (the 14% 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 Elk Township goes to work
Where Elk Township clocks in
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.
Jobs in Elk Township: what the 155 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elk Township, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 155. 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 Elk Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Elk 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 Elk Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Elk Township is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 3.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 944 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). 3.9% of Elk Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Elk Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
831st of 5,760: where Elk Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 37 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 829 | Green Lake Township MN | 1,622 | $108K | 2.6% | 1.9% | 2% | A− |
| 830 | Adams Township OH | 1,209 | $107K | 4.0% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| 831 | Elk Township PA | 1,723 | $115K | 5.1% | 2.1% | 3% | A− |
| 832 | Shortsville NY | 1,358 | $91K | 6.6% | 3.3% | 1% | A− |
| 833 | Lyndeborough NH | 1,730 | $117K | 3.7% | 9.8% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Elk Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door to Elk Township
The biggest share goes to East Nottingham Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Elk Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Township | – | A− | C− | 32 min | $114,856 |
| New London Township | under 2% | A | C− | 35 min | $165,313 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | A− | D | 29 min | $144,403 |
| East Nottingham Township | 3% | B+ | B− | 32 min | $129,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Elk 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 Elk Township: questions
What is the median household income in Elk Township?
$114,856 (±$16,105) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elk Township?
5.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Elk Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Elk Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (4%, 45 mi), Oxford (4%, 5 mi), East Nottingham Township (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Elk Township walkable?
Elk Township is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Elk Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Elk Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elk 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.