Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0Most of Greene Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
There are 359 jobs in Greene Township; 1,401 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Greene Township D; getting around on foot earns it C. Only 8% work in Greene Township; the top destination outside it is Palmyra Township (5%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Greene Township: the gist
Greene Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 44 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 337 hours of commuting, 138 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Greene Township is a place people come home to
There are 359 jobs based in Greene Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Greene Township has about 2,600 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Many jobs in Greene Township pay little
30% of the jobs based in Greene Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Greene Township
54% of Greene Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 34% of the jobs based in Greene Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 92% leave town for their job. 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Greene Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Greene Township is better than 15% of U.S. towns, #991 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Household income holds Greene Township’s grade up ($64,219, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (7.0%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Greene Township could be anywhere from D− to B−.
How long Greene Township spends getting to work: about 44 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.9 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 944 commuters (the 19% 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.
Greene Township by day and by night
On a workday 1,290 residents head out to work, 111 work right here, and 248 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Greene Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Jobs in Greene Township: what the 359 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greene Township, 2013 → 2023: 256 → 359. 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.
The towns that employ Greene Township’s residents
Where Greene Township clocks in
5% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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.
Where in the region Greene Township works
About 24% 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.
The commute in Greene Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Greene Township is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns, #816 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,163 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). 5.3% of Greene Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Greene Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Greene Township places 3,851st of 4,474 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 21 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 26 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
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| 67 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 3,849 | Beaver Dam KY | 3,537 | $54K | 11.2% | 12.5% | 9% | D |
| 3,850 | Orwell Township OH | 3,126 | $46K | 23.2% | 4.8% | 17% | D |
| 3,851 | Greene Township PA | 3,626 | $64K | 17.0% | 7.0% | 8% | D |
| 3,852 | Bret Harte CA | 4,757 | $53K | 42.5% | 10.9% | 2% | D |
| 3,853 | Cajah's Mountain NC | 2,702 | $53K | 13.9% | 9.1% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,474 | 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 Greene Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work next door: 15% 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 | – | D | C | 44 min | $64,219 |
| Dreher Township | 2% | D | B | 25 min | $51,648 |
| Sterling Township | 3% | C+ | C+ | 25 min | $70,417 |
| Salem Township | under 2% | C− | A− | 28 min | $61,659 |
| Palmyra Township | 5% | B− | B+ | 31 min | $66,071 |
| Indian Rocks | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Blooming Grove Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 36 min | $85,457 |
| Barrett Township | 5% | B | C+ | 29 min | $84,857 |
| The Escape | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Porter Township | under 2% | — | — | 56 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Indian Rocks and The Escape: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Porter Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Palmyra Township. 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?
$64,219 (±$20,889) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greene Township?
17.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greene Township?
44 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greene Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Palmyra Township (5%, 6 mi), Barrett Township (5%, 6 mi), New York City (3%, 81 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Greene Township walkable?
Greene Township is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Greene Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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. 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.