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Graham Township has 157 jobs for 486 working residents. Jobs and income earn Graham Township C; getting around on foot earns it D. Only 3% work in Graham Township itself; outside it, Morris Township draws the most (9%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Graham Township
The four measures behind Graham Township’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Graham Township is better than 33% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Graham Township’s grade up ($77,917, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 20% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.6%) is left out: Graham Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Graham Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
Graham Township’s commute takes about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Graham Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 611 commuters (the 11% 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 Graham Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 470 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 141 people come in from elsewhere.
About 980 people are in Graham 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.
The places Graham Township commutes to
Where Graham Township clocks in
9% of workers
7% 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 Graham Township: what the 157 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Graham Township, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 157. 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 Graham Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Graham Township
About 23% 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.
Graham Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Graham Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Graham 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 689 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). 2.2% of Graham Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Graham Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800, Graham Township ranks 2,892nd of 5,400 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,890 | Somerville TX | 1,517 | $66K | 12.3% | 1.8% | 6% | C |
| 2,891 | Niles NY | 1,135 | $81K | 10.5% | 3.3% | 2% | C |
| 2,892 | Graham Township PA | 1,308 | $78K | 11.8% | 2.6% | 3% | C |
| 2,893 | Morristown IN | 1,183 | $53K | 14.1% | 0.6% | 8% | C |
| 2,894 | Baldwin ME | 1,660 | $68K | 6.4% | 5.5% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Graham Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns next door employ 12% of Graham Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Graham Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Township | – | C | D | 34 min | $77,917 |
| Girard Township | under 3% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Covington Township | under 3% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Morris Township | 9% | D | D | 35 min | $45,357 |
| Bradford Township | under 3% | C | C− | 22 min | $55,938 |
| Cooper Township | 3% | B | C | 35 min | $80,900 |
| Boggs Township | under 3% | D | C− | 32 min | $61,354 |
| Wallaceton | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Girard Township, Covington Township and Wallaceton: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Morris Township. Darker towns draw more of Graham 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 Graham Township: questions
What is the median household income in Graham Township?
$77,917 (±$28,994) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Graham Township?
11.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Graham Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Graham Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Morris Township (9%, 4 mi), College Township (7%, 24 mi), Lawrence Township (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Graham Township walkable?
Graham Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Graham Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Graham Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Graham 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.