Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHousehold incomes in Findley Township are higher than in 69% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 6.1% of residents; Pennsylvania has 11.7%. The two grades for Findley Township are B for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 3% work in Findley Township itself; outside it, Mercer draws the most (8%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Findley Township stands out on work
Why Findley Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Findley Township is better than 65% of U.S. towns, #526 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Findley Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 36% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (5.3%) is left out: Findley 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, Findley Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Most jobs in Findley Township are in services
674 jobs are based in Findley Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Findley Township, 2013 → 2023: 775 → 674. 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 Findley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Findley Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 824 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 645 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 (0.79 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.
Where Findley Township’s working residents head each day
Where Findley Township clocks in
5% of workers
5% 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.
Findley Township’s commute takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Findley Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 437 commuters (the 15% 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 Findley Township
About 27% 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.
In Findley Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Findley Township is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns, #940 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Findley 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 513 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). 2.0% of Findley Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Findley Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Findley Township is 1,469th of 4,703 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800 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 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,467 | Omro WI | 3,639 | $62K | 8.1% | 2.0% | 6% | B |
| 1,468 | Loudon Township OH | 2,188 | $83K | 8.3% | 2.2% | 1% | B |
| 1,469 | Findley Township PA | 2,827 | $91K | 6.1% | 5.3% | 3% | B |
| 1,470 | Wadsworth IL | 3,488 | $143K | 8.5% | 13.3% | 3% | B |
| 1,471 | Hope IN | 2,181 | $76K | 8.9% | 1.9% | 8% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Findley Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door is work for 17% of Findley Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Findley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Findley Township | – | B | C− | 22 min | $90,950 |
| East Lackawannock Township | 2% | B+ | C | 25 min | $79,643 |
| Wolf Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Springfield Township | 2% | B− | B− | 24 min | $76,786 |
| Mercer | 8% | C− | B+ | 23 min | $47,054 |
| Coolspring Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 28 min | $87,750 |
| Pine Township | 5% | A− | C | 25 min | $94,223 |
Same-state neighbors only. Wolf Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Mercer. Darker towns draw more of Findley 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 Findley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Findley Township?
$90,950 (±$6,203) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Findley Township?
6.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Findley Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Findley Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mercer (8%, 4 mi), Pine Township (5%, 6 mi), Grove City (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Findley Township walkable?
Findley Township is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Findley Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Findley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Findley 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.