Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Guilford Township has lower unemployment (3.4%) than 63% of U.S. towns
About one in ten stay in Guilford Township for work; outside it, Chambersburg is the main destination (20%, 4 miles). Jobs and income earn Guilford Township B; getting around on foot earns it B−. Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers (Pennsylvania 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Guilford Township: the gist
Stores, warehouses and trucking
52% of the jobs in Guilford Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 25% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
A lot of Guilford Township works one town over
28% of working residents work in a town that borders Guilford Township: Chambersburg (20%), Greene Township (5%) and Antrim Township (3%). Next door ↓
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.
Inside Guilford Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Guilford Township is better than 58% of U.S. towns, #610 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Guilford Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Guilford Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
What Guilford Township’s employers do
8,051 jobs are based in Guilford Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Guilford Township, 2013 → 2023: 6,407 → 8,051. 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 Guilford Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Guilford Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 5,342 residents head out to work, 696 work right here, and 7,355 people come in from elsewhere.
About 17,000 people are in Guilford Township on a workday afternoon, 13% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Guilford Township to work: where people go
Where Guilford Township clocks in
20% 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.
Guilford Township’s commute takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Guilford Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,910 commuters (the 8% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Guilford Township
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.
Driving is how Guilford Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Guilford Township is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns, #582 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,409 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). 3.0% of Guilford Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Guilford Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Guilford Township places 1,195th of 2,109 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 11,000 to 21,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
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| 14 | Lower Moreland Township PA | 14,116 | $154K | 2.6% | 2.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | West Whiteland Township PA | 20,826 | $133K | 3.0% | 1.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Skippack Township PA | 14,502 | $148K | 2.5% | 2.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,193 | Baraboo WI | 13,224 | $70K | 8.4% | 2.9% | 25% | B |
| 1,194 | Lewiston NY | 15,676 | $78K | 11.6% | 3.8% | 16% | B |
| 1,195 | Guilford Township PA | 15,371 | $78K | 9.8% | 3.4% | 12% | B |
| 1,196 | Hillcrest Heights MD | 16,063 | $83K | 10.7% | 7.1% | 1% | B |
| 1,197 | Davenport FL | 18,110 | $74K | 14.0% | 2.7% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,109 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Guilford Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Bordering towns draw 28% of Guilford Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Guilford Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guilford Township | – | B | B− | 23 min | $78,389 |
| Hamilton Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 23 min | $99,821 |
| Chambersburg | 20% | C− | A | 17 min | $56,576 |
| Greene Township | 5% | A− | C | 24 min | $87,691 |
| Quincy Township | under 2% | C | B | 17 min | $63,357 |
| Antrim Township | 3% | A− | D | 23 min | $94,205 |
| Hamiltonban Township | under 2% | C+ | B | 42 min | $90,521 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Chambersburg. Darker towns draw more of Guilford 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 Guilford Township: questions
What is the median household income in Guilford Township?
$78,389 (±$7,278) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Guilford Township?
9.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Guilford Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Guilford Township work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chambersburg (20%, 4 mi), Greene Township (5%, 5 mi), Antrim Township (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Guilford Township walkable?
Guilford Township is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Guilford Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Guilford Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Guilford 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.