Photo: knittingtipsy from Pennsylvania · CC BY 2.0Gregg Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Only 5% work in Gregg Township itself; outside it, College Township draws the most (21%, 13 miles). There are 292 jobs in Gregg Township, against 893 working residents. Gregg Township grades B− for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Gregg Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Gregg Township is better than 45% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Gregg Township’s grade up (3.0%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 24% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Gregg Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Gregg Township by day and by night
On a workday 852 residents head out to work, 41 work right here, and 251 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Gregg Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Where people from Gregg Township work
Where Gregg Township clocks in
21% of workers
7% 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.
Gregg Township works in goods: 35% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gregg Township, 2013 → 2023: 223 → 292. 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 Gregg Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Gregg Township: about 29 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gregg Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 939 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 far it is to work from Gregg Township
About 19% 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.
For most of Gregg Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gregg Township is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 6.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,051 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). 8.1% of Gregg Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Gregg Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000, Gregg Township ranks 2,420th of 5,102 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 25 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | South Coventry Township PA | 2,822 | $158K | 0.9% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,418 | Miles Township PA | 1,974 | $72K | 5.5% | 0.3% | 15% | B− |
| 2,419 | Jackson Township PA | 1,852 | $96K | 12.4% | 2.0% | 3% | B− |
| 2,420 | Gregg Township PA | 2,242 | $67K | 9.0% | 3.0% | 5% | B− |
| 2,421 | Soulsbyville CA | 2,101 | $97K | 3.2% | 10.5% | 1% | B− |
| 2,422 | Newton IL | 2,715 | $62K | 11.1% | 1.3% | 25% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,102 | 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 Gregg Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
13% of Gregg Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Potter Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gregg Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gregg Township | – | B− | B | 29 min | $67,292 |
| Walker Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 27 min | $88,866 |
| Potter Township | 7% | B | C− | 25 min | $75,385 |
| Penn Township | 4% | C | B+ | 38 min | $69,550 |
| Armagh Township | under 2% | C | D | 31 min | $74,278 |
| Miles Township | 2% | B− | C+ | 28 min | $71,544 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Gregg 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 Gregg Township: questions
What is the median household income in Gregg Township?
$67,292 (±$7,753) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gregg Township?
9.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gregg Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gregg Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are College Township (21%, 13 mi), Potter Township (7%, 7 mi), State College (7%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gregg Township walkable?
Gregg Township is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gregg Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gregg Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gregg 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.