Photo: Generic1139 · CC BY 3.0There are 3.3 jobs in Frazer Township for every working resident, and 2,006 people commute in
Only 3% work in Frazer Township itself; outside it, Pittsburgh draws the most (24%, 15 miles). There are 2,027 jobs in Frazer Township, against 612 working residents. Frazer Township grades B+ for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Frazer Township apart on work
Frazer Township fills up on a workday
Frazer Township has 2,027 jobs, 3.3 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,600 people are in town, more than double the 1,200 who live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Frazer Township
64% of Frazer Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 22% of the jobs based in Frazer Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
60% of the jobs in Frazer Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. 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; with 612 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Frazer Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Frazer Township is better than 72% of U.S. towns. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 80% of U.S. towns); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($77,625, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
Unemployment (2.1%) is left out: Frazer 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, Frazer Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
How a workday changes Frazer Township
On a workday 591 residents head out to work and 21 work right here.
About 2,600 people are in Frazer Township on a workday afternoon, 115% more than live here.
3.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What Frazer Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Frazer Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,709 → 2,027. 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 Frazer Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Frazer Township’s workforce comes from
Where Frazer Township clocks in
24% 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.
How long Frazer Township spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Frazer Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 478 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.
Where in the region Frazer Township works
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 Frazer Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Frazer Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 561 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 1.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 66% 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). 6.5% of Frazer Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Frazer Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Frazer Township places 752nd of 4,866 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 750 | Eden Lake Township MN | 1,661 | $107K | 4.0% | 1.3% | 2% | B+ |
| 751 | Salina Township IL | 1,208 | $82K | 2.6% | 7.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 752 | Frazer Township PA | 1,227 | $78K | 8.1% | 2.1% | 3% | B+ |
| 753 | Indian Shores FL | 1,167 | $109K | 13.1% | 0.0% | 9% | B+ |
| 754 | Center Township OH | 1,084 | $83K | 3.0% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Frazer Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns around Frazer Township
The biggest share goes to West Deer Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Frazer Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frazer Township | – | B+ | C | 26 min | $77,625 |
| East Deer Township | under 2% | B− | A | 23 min | $65,625 |
| Tarentum | 2% | C | A+ | 23 min | $45,167 |
| Fawn Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 30 min | $87,674 |
| West Deer Township | 4% | A− | B− | 29 min | $94,820 |
| Indiana Township | 2% | A | C+ | 24 min | $115,375 |
| Harwick | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Springdale Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 27 min | $62,024 |
Same-state neighbors only. Harwick: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Frazer 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 Frazer Township: questions
What is the median household income in Frazer Township?
$77,625 (±$19,501) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Frazer Township?
8.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Frazer Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Frazer Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (24%, 15 mi), West Deer Township (4%, 4 mi), McCandless Township (3%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Frazer Township walkable?
Frazer Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Frazer Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Frazer Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Frazer 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.