Photo: en:User:Preost · CC BY-SA 3.0Fell Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Employers in Fell Township report 488 jobs for 1,079 working residents. For jobs and income Fell Township is better than 44% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (C). 4% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Fell Township apart on work
Income, poverty and work: Fell Township’s grade explained
Unemployment holds Fell Township’s grade up (2.7%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($60,875, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fell Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Commuting from Fell Township: about 25 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fell Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,118 commuters (the 4% 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.
In and out of Fell Township on a workday
On a workday 1,025 residents head out to work, 54 work right here, and 434 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Fell Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
10% of working residents work in Carbondale
Where Fell Township clocks in
9% 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 Fell Township: what the 488 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fell Township, 2013 → 2023: 425 → 488. 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 Fell Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Fell 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.
Fell Township is a driving town
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.3% 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 1,160 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.3% of Fell Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fell Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Fell Township ranks: 2,527th of 4,995 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,525 | Burlingame Township KS | 1,703 | $64K | 6.5% | 6.8% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,526 | Hamilton Township MO | 2,342 | $60K | 8.2% | 2.3% | 17% | C+ |
| 2,527 | Fell Township PA | 2,370 | $61K | 9.4% | 2.7% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,528 | Holly Lake Ranch TX | 2,956 | $70K | 7.0% | 11.4% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,529 | Brooklet GA | 2,525 | $77K | 18.5% | 1.4% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | 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 Fell Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
12% of Fell Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Carbondale (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fell Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fell Township | – | C+ | C | 25 min | $60,875 |
| Vandling | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Greenfield Township | under 3% | A− | C+ | 25 min | $106,607 |
| Carbondale Township | 2% | B | C− | 25 min | $76,111 |
| Clifford Township | under 3% | B− | D | 27 min | $84,559 |
| Carbondale | 10% | D | A | 19 min | $47,716 |
| Clinton Township | under 3% | C | C− | 26 min | $67,708 |
Same-state neighbors only. Vandling: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fell 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 Fell Township: questions
What is the median household income in Fell Township?
$60,875 (±$14,680) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fell Township?
9.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fell Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fell Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carbondale (10%, 3 mi), Scranton (9%, 16 mi), Forest City (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fell Township walkable?
Fell Township is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fell Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fell Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fell 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.