Photo: Joe Calzarette · CC BY-SA 3.0Greenfield Township draws 3,370 commuters a day, with 2.4 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Greenfield Township report 3,705 jobs, and 1,516 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Greenfield Township C+; getting around on foot earns it B−. 1% of workers have no commute at all, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Greenfield Township
Greenfield Township is where the jobs are
Greenfield Township has 3,705 jobs, 2.4 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 5,900 people are in town, 59% more than the 3,700 who live here. Day and night ↓
Greenfield Township makes and builds things
48% of the jobs based in Greenfield Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Greenfield Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. The jobs ↓
Few Greenfield Township workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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.
Where Greenfield Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Greenfield Township is better than 44% of U.S. towns, #749 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment holds Greenfield Township’s grade up (2.3%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($60,590, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Greenfield Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
The daily flow of workers through Greenfield Township
On a workday 1,181 residents head out to work and 335 work right here.
About 5,900 people are in Greenfield Township on a workday afternoon, 59% 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.
Greenfield Township makes things: 48% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greenfield Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,080 → 3,705. 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 Greenfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Greenfield Township: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greenfield Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,762 commuters (the 1% 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.
Where the people who work in Greenfield Township live
Where Greenfield Township clocks in
11% 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.
How far Greenfield Township goes to work
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Greenfield Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Greenfield Township is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns, #572 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,781 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). 4.2% of Greenfield Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Greenfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,497th of 4,318: where Greenfield Township ranks among U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000
| # | 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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| 22 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 27 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
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| 65 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 2,495 | Delshire OH | 3,907 | $91K | 17.4% | 7.7% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,496 | Ludlow KY | 4,391 | $65K | 24.4% | 4.2% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,497 | Greenfield Township PA | 3,688 | $61K | 14.3% | 2.3% | 22% | C+ |
| 2,498 | Fallowfield Township PA | 4,041 | $67K | 9.1% | 6.2% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,499 | Venice Gardens FL | 3,280 | $71K | 9.8% | 5.7% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,318 | 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 Greenfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Greenfield Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Greenfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenfield Township | – | C+ | B− | 24 min | $60,590 |
| Bloomfield Township | under 2% | B | C | 26 min | $90,500 |
| Taylor Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 19 min | $78,950 |
| Kimmel Township | under 2% | C | D− | 29 min | $62,000 |
| Freedom Township | under 2% | B+ | B− | 19 min | $75,096 |
| Portage Township | under 2% | B | C− | 30 min | $63,224 |
| Pavia Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pavia Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Greenfield 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 Greenfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Greenfield Township?
$60,590 (±$11,013) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greenfield Township?
14.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greenfield Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greenfield Township work?
22% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Altoona (11%, 15 mi), Allegheny Township (4%, 10 mi), Hollidaysburg (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Greenfield Township walkable?
Greenfield Township is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Greenfield Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Greenfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greenfield 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.