Photo: Nyttend · Public domainAt 1.6%, unemployment in Fox Township is lower than in 89% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Fox Township are B for jobs and income and C− for walkability. 1% of workers have no commute at all (Pennsylvania 16%). About one in seven work in Fox Township itself; outside it, St. Marys draws the most (30%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Fox Township, in a few figures
Fox Township trades workers with the towns around it
Fox Township has about as many jobs (1,354) as working residents (1,458), but they are mostly different people: 1,232 residents leave for work each day while 1,128 people come in. Only 17% of the jobs in Fox Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Fox Township works one town over
39% of working residents work in a town that borders Fox Township: St. Marys (30%), Ridgway Township (8%) and Horton Township (1%). Next door ↓
Few Fox Township workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Fox Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
Fox Township makes and builds things
37% of the jobs based in Fox Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Fox Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 48%. The jobs ↓
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.
Inside Fox Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fox Township is better than 61% of U.S. towns, #571 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment holds Fox Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 16% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fox Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
Who commutes out of Fox Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,232 residents head out to work, 226 work right here, and 1,128 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 (0.93 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.
A commute of about 20 minutes in Fox Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fox Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,881 commuters (the 1% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 37% of the jobs in Fox Township
1,354 jobs are based in Fox Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fox Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,282 → 1,354. 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 Fox Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Fox Township’s working residents head each day
Where Fox Township clocks in
30% of workers
8% 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.
Fox Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 19% 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.
The commute in Fox Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fox Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns, #913 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Fox 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 1,900 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). 1.1% of Fox Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Fox Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,716th of 4,535: where Fox Township ranks among U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,700
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| 69 | West Pikeland Township PA | 4,045 | $226K | 0.9% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,714 | Southington Township OH | 3,700 | $70K | 13.6% | 0.8% | 6% | B |
| 1,715 | Fayette Township PA | 3,337 | $75K | 8.1% | 0.0% | 12% | B |
| 1,716 | Fox Township PA | 3,495 | $75K | 6.0% | 1.6% | 16% | B |
| 1,717 | Bethlehem NC | 4,101 | $88K | 4.5% | 6.0% | 4% | B |
| 1,718 | Kenova WV | 2,841 | $54K | 9.0% | 0.0% | 9% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,535 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Fox Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
39% of Fox Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fox Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fox Township | – | B | C− | 20 min | $74,934 |
| Jay Township | under 2% | C | C | 23 min | $67,036 |
| St. Marys | 30% | C | C+ | 14 min | $67,167 |
| Huston Township | under 2% | D | B− | 27 min | $61,173 |
| Horton Township | 1% | C− | D− | 23 min | $54,000 |
| Ridgway Township | 8% | B | C− | 21 min | $76,691 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to St. Marys. Darker towns draw more of Fox 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 Fox Township: questions
What is the median household income in Fox Township?
$74,934 (±$19,982) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fox Township?
6.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fox Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fox Township work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Marys (30%, 11 mi), Ridgway Township (8%, 10 mi), Ridgway (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fox Township walkable?
Fox Township is more walkable than 20% 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 Fox Township without a car?
1% 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 Fox Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fox 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.