Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 3.0Falls Township has higher household incomes than 71% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 37.7 in Philadelphia. 7.6% of residents are in poverty, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania. Falls Township grades A− for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Falls Township, in brief
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Falls Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Falls Township is better than 75% of U.S. towns, #378 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Falls Township’s grade up (ahead of 93% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Falls Township could be anywhere from B to A.
Who works in Falls Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 15,084 residents head out to work, 1,611 work right here, and 12,693 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
12% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Falls Township clocks in
12% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
What Falls Township’s employers do
14,304 jobs are based in Falls Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Falls Township, 2013 → 2023: 13,060 → 14,304. 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 Falls Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Falls Township spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Falls Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15,438 commuters (the 12% 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.
Miles to work from Falls 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Falls Township
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Falls Township is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns, #278 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Falls Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 17,528 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 60% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 2% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 59% 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). 6.3% of Falls Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Falls Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Falls Township ranks: 532nd of 1,255 U.S. towns of 24,000 to 46,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Northampton Township PA | 39,919 | $159K | 2.5% | 3.1% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Horsham Township PA | 27,882 | $122K | 4.3% | 2.4% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 530 | Woodstock IL | 25,740 | $83K | 6.0% | 3.3% | 16% | A− |
| 531 | Stafford Township NJ | 30,958 | $118K | 3.0% | 5.4% | 17% | A− |
| 532 | Falls Township PA | 34,282 | $93K | 7.6% | 4.9% | 10% | A− |
| 533 | East Windsor Township NJ | 30,562 | $105K | 7.8% | 5.2% | 6% | A− |
| 534 | Wadsworth OH | 24,720 | $79K | 8.1% | 2.9% | 13% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,255 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Falls Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
21% of Falls Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Middletown Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Falls Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falls Township | – | A− | A− | 25 min | $93,223 |
| Morrisville | under 2% | A− | A+ | 27 min | $99,526 |
| Tullytown | under 2% | B− | A− | 23 min | $65,185 |
| Levittown | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Lower Makefield Township | 3% | A | B | 28 min | $175,206 |
| Middletown Township | 6% | A | A− | 28 min | $114,449 |
| Bristol Township | 6% | B | A | 27 min | $79,101 |
Same-state neighbors only. Levittown: 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 Falls 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 Falls Township: questions
What is the median household income in Falls Township?
$93,223 (±$4,953) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Falls Township?
7.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Falls Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Falls Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (12%, 22 mi), Middletown Township (6%, 6 mi), Bristol Township (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Falls Township walkable?
Falls Township is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Falls Township without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 2% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Falls Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Falls 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.