Forest Lake Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Only 3% work in Forest Lake Township itself; outside it, Bridgewater Township draws the most (10%, 8 miles). 196 jobs are based in Forest Lake Township; 449 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Forest Lake Township is better than 27% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Forest Lake Township, in brief
The figures behind Forest Lake Township’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Forest Lake Township’s grade up (11.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (6.3%) is left out: Forest Lake Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Forest Lake Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Where Forest Lake Township goes to work
Where Forest Lake Township clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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.
Who leaves Forest Lake Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 435 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 182 people come in from elsewhere.
About 860 people are in Forest Lake Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Forest Lake Township makes things: 50% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Forest Lake Township, 2014 → 2024: 112 → 196. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Forest Lake Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Forest Lake Township: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Forest Lake Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 460 commuters (the 16% 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 Forest Lake Township’s workers travel
About 28% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Forest Lake Township: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 548 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). 0.7% of Forest Lake Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Forest Lake Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,257th of 3,771: where Forest Lake Township ranks among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 8 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,255 | Torch Lake Township MI | 1,270 | $89K | 14.9% | 0.3% | 2% | C |
| 2,256 | Akron Township MI | 1,350 | $69K | 10.1% | 2.4% | 4% | C |
| 2,257 | Forest Lake Township PA | 1,110 | $69K | 11.7% | 6.3% | 3% | C |
| 2,258 | Lake Lure NC | 1,391 | $80K | 11.5% | 6.3% | 15% | C |
| 2,259 | Mount Holly VT | 1,373 | $78K | 11.9% | 1.3% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Forest Lake Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns next door employ 12% of Forest Lake Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Forest Lake Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Lake Township | – | C | C | 29 min | $68,750 |
| Bridgewater Township | 10% | B− | C+ | 24 min | $65,625 |
| Silver Lake Township | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 23 min | $87,083 |
| Friendsville | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Middletown Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Rush Township | under 3% | D | C | 28 min | $61,625 |
| Choconut Township | 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Friendsville, Middletown Township and Choconut Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bridgewater Township. Darker towns draw more of Forest Lake 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 2024, 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 Forest Lake Township: questions
What is the median household income in Forest Lake Township?
$68,750 (±$28,612) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Forest Lake Township?
11.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Forest Lake Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Forest Lake Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bridgewater Township (10%, 8 mi), Union (9%, 17 mi), Vestal (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Forest Lake Township walkable?
Forest Lake Township is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Forest Lake Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Forest Lake Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Forest Lake Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.