Gilpin Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%. Gilpin Township has 170 jobs; 1,138 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Gilpin Township B; getting around on foot earns it C−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Gilpin Township at work: what stands out
Gilpin Township is a place people come home to
There are 170 jobs based in Gilpin Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Gilpin Township has about 1,400 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Gilpin Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Gilpin Township is Pittsburgh, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (111) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Gilpin Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Gilpin Township is better than 61% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Gilpin Township’s grade up (2.2%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 36% 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, Gilpin Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
How many people are in Gilpin Township by day
On a workday 1,082 residents head out to work, 56 work right here, and 114 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Gilpin Township on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
Gilpin Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
10% of working residents work in Pittsburgh
Where Gilpin Township clocks in
10% 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.
Jobs in Gilpin Township: what the 170 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gilpin Township, 2013 → 2023: 122 → 170. 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 Gilpin Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 28 minutes in Gilpin Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gilpin Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,026 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.
Driving is how Gilpin Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gilpin Township is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,093 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). 3.5% of Gilpin Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Gilpin Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,328 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100, Gilpin Township comes 1,668th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 27 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,666 | Detroit Township MN | 1,974 | $94K | 9.6% | 2.1% | 1% | B |
| 1,667 | Upper Fairfield Township PA | 1,798 | $79K | 6.1% | 0.6% | 2% | B |
| 1,668 | Gilpin Township PA | 2,333 | $73K | 7.4% | 2.2% | 5% | B |
| 1,669 | Stanton TX | 2,694 | $93K | 5.0% | 6.0% | 11% | B |
| 1,670 | Sprague CT | 2,954 | $93K | 8.1% | 4.7% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Gilpin Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Bordering towns draw 11% of Gilpin Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Leechburg (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gilpin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilpin Township | – | B | C− | 28 min | $72,614 |
| Parks Township | 2% | C− | D | 31 min | $66,944 |
| South Buffalo Township | under 3% | A− | C− | 32 min | $93,241 |
| Leechburg | 5% | C− | A− | 26 min | $48,207 |
| Allegheny Township | 4% | B | C+ | 33 min | $79,894 |
| West Leechburg | under 3% | B+ | C− | 28 min | $77,115 |
| Hyde Park | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Bethel Township | under 3% | C+ | C− | 34 min | $59,205 |
Same-state neighbors only. Hyde Park: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Gilpin 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 Gilpin Township: questions
What is the median household income in Gilpin Township?
$72,614 (±$14,771) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gilpin Township?
7.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gilpin Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gilpin Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (10%, 25 mi), Leechburg (5%, 3 mi), Allegheny Township (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gilpin Township walkable?
Gilpin Township is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gilpin Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gilpin Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gilpin 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.