Corker Hill · Photo: Smallbones · CC0Greene Township has lower unemployment (2.2%) than 82% of U.S. towns
About one in ten stay in Greene Township for work; outside it, Chambersburg is the main destination (20%, 5 miles). Jobs and income earn Greene Township A−; getting around on foot earns it C. Commuters spend 24 minutes getting to work on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Greene Township apart on work
Jobs & income in Greene Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Greene Township is better than 75% of U.S. towns, #382 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment holds Greene Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 47% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Greene Township could be anywhere from B to A.
How a workday changes Greene Township
On a workday 7,114 residents head out to work, 640 work right here, and 3,939 people come in from elsewhere.
About 16,000 people are in Greene Township on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.59 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Greene Township work
Where Greene Township clocks in
20% of workers
9% 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.
In Greene Township, 32% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
4,579 jobs are based in Greene Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greene Township, 2014 → 2024: 5,105 → 4,579. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greene Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Greene Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greene Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,799 commuters (the 10% 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 many miles Greene Township commutes
About 22% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Greene Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Greene Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns, #838 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 8,686 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). 2.0% of Greene Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Greene Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Greene Township ranks: 745th of 1,915 U.S. towns of 13,000 to 25,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 10 | Lower Moreland Township PA | 14,116 | $154K | 2.6% | 2.0% | 6% | A+ |
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| 17 | West Whiteland Township PA | 20,826 | $133K | 3.0% | 1.7% | 7% | A+ |
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| 24 | Skippack Township PA | 14,502 | $148K | 2.5% | 2.4% | 5% | A+ |
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| 743 | Bellingham MA | 18,032 | $125K | 5.7% | 7.4% | 8% | A− |
| 744 | Antrim Township PA | 16,481 | $94K | 4.0% | 2.5% | 10% | A− |
| 745 | Greene Township PA | 18,721 | $88K | 6.2% | 2.2% | 8% | A− |
| 746 | Wadsworth OH | 24,720 | $79K | 8.1% | 2.9% | 13% | A− |
| 747 | Vineyard UT | 16,092 | $103K | 10.1% | 2.5% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,915 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 Greene Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work next door: 33% of Greene Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Greene Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greene Township | – | A− | C | 24 min | $87,691 |
| Southampton Township | 3% | A− | C− | 28 min | $80,357 |
| Chambersburg | 20% | C− | A | 17 min | $56,576 |
| Guilford Township | 9% | B | B− | 23 min | $78,389 |
| Letterkenny Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 24 min | $82,629 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 34 min | $100,475 |
| Hamilton Township | 1% | B+ | C− | 23 min | $99,821 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Chambersburg. Darker towns draw more of Greene 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 2024, 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 Greene Township: questions
What is the median household income in Greene Township?
$87,691 (±$9,511) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greene Township?
6.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greene Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greene Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chambersburg (20%, 5 mi), Guilford Township (9%, 5 mi), Southampton Township (3%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Greene Township walkable?
Greene Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Greene Township without a car?
<1% 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 Greene Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greene Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.