Photo: Generic1139 · CC BY 3.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Forward Township works elsewhere
The two grades for Forward Township are B for jobs and income and D for walkability. There are 637 jobs in Forward Township for 1,357 working residents. For 7% of workers, the job is at home (Pennsylvania 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Forward Township, in a few figures
Forward Township makes and builds things
71% of the jobs based in Forward Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Forward Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Forward Township pay over $40,000 a year
73% of the jobs based in Forward Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Forward Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Forward Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Forward Township is better than 63% of U.S. towns, #542 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Forward Township’s grade up (ahead of 71% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($67,171, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Forward Township could be anywhere from C to A.
Forward Township makes things: 71% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Forward Township, 2013 → 2023: 766 → 637. 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 Forward Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Forward Township takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Forward Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,217 commuters (the 7% 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.
Who commutes out of Forward Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,313 residents head out to work, 44 work right here, and 593 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Forward 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.
18% of working residents work in Pittsburgh
Where Forward Township clocks in
18% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
The distance from Forward Township to work
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 Forward Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Forward Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns, #989 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 1,305 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). 3.9% of Forward Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Forward Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,599th of 4,882: where Forward Township ranks among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900
| # | 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+ |
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| 21 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 71 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,597 | Fish Lake Township MN | 2,255 | $123K | 4.3% | 5.2% | 1% | B |
| 1,598 | Venango Township PA | 2,202 | $81K | 3.4% | 2.9% | 3% | B |
| 1,599 | Forward Township PA | 2,918 | $67K | 8.7% | 3.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,600 | Cayucos CA | 2,427 | $87K | 9.3% | 1.4% | 12% | B |
| 1,601 | Vista Santa Rosa CA | 2,333 | $70K | 5.7% | 3.4% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | 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 Forward Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Bordering towns draw 12% of Forward Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Elizabeth Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Forward Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward Township | – | B | D | 31 min | $67,171 |
| Elizabeth Township | 4% | A− | C+ | 30 min | $80,589 |
| Elizabeth | under 2% | C+ | A+ | 28 min | $51,174 |
| Union Township | under 2% | C+ | B− | 26 min | $61,071 |
| Monongahela | under 2% | C | A− | 29 min | $59,861 |
| Carroll Township | 2% | B− | B− | 30 min | $79,219 |
| Jefferson Hills | 4% | A− | C | 25 min | $116,064 |
| New Eagle | under 2% | C− | B | 28 min | $51,716 |
| Rostraver Township | 2% | B− | C+ | 29 min | $73,300 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Forward 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 Forward Township: questions
What is the median household income in Forward Township?
$67,171 (±$16,918) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Forward Township?
8.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Forward Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Forward Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (18%, 15 mi), West Mifflin (5%, 9 mi), Elizabeth Township (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Forward Township walkable?
Forward Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Forward Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Forward Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Forward 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.