Fulton Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
For 6% of workers, the job is at home, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%. 433 jobs are based in Fulton Township, against 1,115 working residents. The two grades for Fulton Township are B− for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Fulton Township and work: the main findings
Fulton Township makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Fulton Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Fulton Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 28%. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
32% of the jobs based in Fulton Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 28% of Fulton Township’s own working residents. 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.
Where Fulton Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fulton Township is better than 49% of U.S. towns, #702 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Fulton Township’s grade up (7.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 27% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fulton Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
A place that makes things: 41% of Fulton Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fulton Township, 2013 → 2023: 368 → 433. 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 Fulton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Fulton Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,047 residents head out to work, 68 work right here, and 365 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Fulton Township on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
7% of working residents work in Lancaster
Where Fulton Township clocks in
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.
About 29 minutes each way for Fulton Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fulton Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,264 commuters (the 6% 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 it is to work from Fulton Township
About 17% 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 Fulton Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fulton Township is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns, #632 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,340 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). 18.2% of Fulton Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fulton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,266th of 4,453: where Fulton Township ranks among U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
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| 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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| 20 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 62 | West Pikeland Township PA | 4,045 | $226K | 0.9% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
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| 66 | Trappe PA | 4,061 | $127K | 4.5% | 1.0% | 4% | A+ |
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| 2,264 | Jackson Township OH | 2,786 | $75K | 19.2% | 0.5% | 3% | B− |
| 2,265 | Milton Township OH | 2,408 | $73K | 9.1% | 0.0% | 1% | B− |
| 2,266 | Fulton Township PA | 3,227 | $79K | 7.3% | 4.3% | 6% | B− |
| 2,267 | Rockwell NC | 2,417 | $70K | 7.0% | 5.3% | 6% | B− |
| 2,268 | Fredericktown OH | 2,658 | $66K | 12.5% | 2.4% | 8% | B− |
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| 4,453 | 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 Fulton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns around Fulton Township
The biggest share goes to Drumore Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fulton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulton Township | – | B− | B− | 29 min | $78,990 |
| West Nottingham Township | under 3% | C+ | C | 29 min | $76,853 |
| Peach Bottom Township | under 3% | B− | D− | 35 min | $84,737 |
| Little Britain Township | under 3% | B+ | C+ | 30 min | $87,331 |
| Drumore Township | 4% | B− | C | 35 min | $82,969 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fulton 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 Fulton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Fulton Township?
$78,990 (±$18,155) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fulton Township?
7.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fulton Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fulton Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lancaster (7%, 20 mi), East Drumore Township (5%, 6 mi), Drumore Township (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fulton Township walkable?
Fulton Township is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fulton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fulton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fulton 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.