Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Greene Township works elsewhere
Employers in Greene Township report 456 jobs; 972 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Greene Township is better than 58% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (B−). Measured by household income, Greene Township is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Greene Township at work: what stands out
Inside Greene Township’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Greene Township’s grade up ($103,750, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Greene Township could be anywhere from C− to A.
Greene Township works in goods: 34% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greene Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,561 → 456. 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.
How a workday changes Greene Township
On a workday 896 residents head out to work, 76 work right here, and 380 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Greene Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
8% of working residents work in Moon Township
Where Greene Township clocks in
8% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
Time on the road from Greene Township: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 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 903 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.
How many miles Greene Township commutes
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.
Most of Greene Township commutes by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,020 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). 0.6% 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 next to U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100: 1,853rd of 5,328 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,851 | Gnesen Township MN | 1,940 | $113K | 7.0% | 5.7% | 1% | B |
| 1,852 | LeBoeuf Township PA | 1,653 | $92K | 7.1% | 1.2% | 1% | B |
| 1,853 | Greene Township PA | 2,264 | $104K | 9.1% | 4.8% | 8% | B |
| 1,854 | Spring Brook WI | 1,793 | $96K | 10.2% | 3.7% | 1% | B |
| 1,855 | Veazie ME | 1,864 | $78K | 7.5% | 4.0% | 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 Greene Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
How Greene Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Georgetown (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Greene Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greene Township | – | B | B− | 25 min | $103,750 |
| Shippingport | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Georgetown | 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Ohioville | under 3% | B+ | D | 26 min | $80,673 |
| Midland | under 3% | C+ | A | 23 min | $60,096 |
| Hanover Township | under 3% | B− | D | 27 min | $91,140 |
| Glasgow | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Raccoon Township | under 3% | B | C− | 26 min | $84,792 |
Same-state neighbors only. Shippingport, Georgetown and Glasgow: 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?
$103,750 (±$30,406) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greene Township?
9.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greene Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greene Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Moon Township (8%, 15 mi), Pittsburgh (8%, 28 mi), Center Township (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Greene Township walkable?
Greene Township is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Greene Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% 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.