Photo: Generic1139 · CC BY 3.0Fawn Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
242 jobs are based in Fawn Township, against 994 working residents. The two grades for Fawn Township are B− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 4% work in Fawn Township itself; outside it, Pittsburgh draws the most (21%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Fawn Township stands out on work
Why Fawn Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fawn Township is better than 50% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Fawn Township’s grade up (ahead of 72% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fawn Township could be anywhere from C to A.
The daily flow of workers through Fawn Township
On a workday 953 residents head out to work, 41 work right here, and 201 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Fawn Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Where people from Fawn Township work
Where Fawn Township clocks in
21% of workers
6% 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.
What Fawn Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fawn Township, 2013 → 2023: 310 → 242. 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 Fawn Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Fawn Township, about 30 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fawn Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 888 commuters (the 17% 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.
How far it is to work from Fawn 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 Fawn Township, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,071 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). 2.5% of Fawn Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fawn Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Fawn Township places 2,124th of 5,148 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,800
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 26 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | Lowhill Township PA | 2,331 | $144K | 2.7% | 1.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,122 | Grandy NC | 2,245 | $63K | 6.9% | 0.9% | 4% | B− |
| 2,123 | East Lexington VA | 1,652 | $64K | 3.9% | 0.0% | 5% | B− |
| 2,124 | Fawn Township PA | 2,093 | $88K | 10.9% | 7.0% | 4% | B− |
| 2,125 | Mulino OR | 2,229 | $108K | 10.0% | 9.2% | 4% | B− |
| 2,126 | Olive Township IL | 1,677 | $72K | 10.9% | 4.1% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,148 | 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 Fawn Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work next door: 10% of Fawn Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Harrison Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fawn Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fawn Township | – | B− | C− | 30 min | $87,674 |
| Tarentum | under 2% | C | A+ | 23 min | $45,167 |
| Harrison Township | 6% | B | A | 24 min | $66,316 |
| Frazer Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 26 min | $77,625 |
| Buffalo Township | 2% | A | C | 27 min | $99,635 |
| West Deer Township | 2% | A− | B− | 29 min | $94,820 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fawn 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 Fawn Township: questions
What is the median household income in Fawn Township?
$87,674 (±$16,672) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fawn Township?
10.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fawn Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fawn Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (21%, 18 mi), Harrison Township (6%, 3 mi), O'Hara Township (3%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fawn Township walkable?
Fawn Township is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fawn 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 Fawn Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fawn 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.