Photo: Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 3.0Greene Township has 2.1 jobs for every working resident: 310 people commute in to work
Home is the office for 9% of workers, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Employers in Greene Township report 315 jobs for 150 working residents. Only 3% stay in Greene Township for work; outside it, Franklin Township is the main destination (15%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Greene Township by day and by night
On a workday 145 residents head out to work and 5 work right here.
About 560 people are in Greene Township on a workday afternoon, 42% more 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.
Where the people who work in Greene Township live
Where Greene Township clocks in
15% of workers
13% of workers
10% 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.
Greene Township is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greene Township, 2013 → 2023: 163 → 315. 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 Greene Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Greene Township takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 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 210 commuters (the 9% 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.
The commute from Greene Township, by distance
About 16% 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.
Greene Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Greene Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greene Township | – | — | — | 26 min | $90,500 |
| Whiteley Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Cumberland Township | under 2% | C | C+ | 29 min | $63,592 |
| Monongahela Township | under 2% | C− | C+ | 26 min | $70,357 |
| Dunkard Township | under 2% | D | D− | 32 min | $56,964 |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 30 min | $72,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Whiteley Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 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 Greene Township: questions
What is the median household income in Greene Township?
$90,500 (±$21,588) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greene Township?
1.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greene Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greene Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Franklin Township (15%, 9 mi), Waynesburg (13%, 10 mi), Morgantown (10%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Greene Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% 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), 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.