Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Gulich Township works elsewhere
There are 39 jobs in Gulich Township, against 323 working residents. For jobs and income Gulich Township is better than 40% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (C−). Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers (Pennsylvania 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Gulich Township at work: what stands out
Gulich Township is a place people come home to
There are 39 jobs based in Gulich Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Gulich Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. 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; with 323 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Gulich Township’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Gulich Township’s grade up ($82,457, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down.
Unemployment (3.3%) is left out: Gulich Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Gulich Township could be anywhere from C to B.
Gulich Township by day and by night
On a workday 320 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.
About 900 people are in Gulich Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
The distance from Gulich Township to work
About 31% 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.
Time on the road from Gulich Township: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gulich Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 478 commuters (the 6% 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.
7% of working residents work in Woodward Township
Where Gulich Township clocks in
7% 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.
The kinds of work in Gulich Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gulich Township, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 39. 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 Gulich Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
For most of Gulich Township, work means a drive
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 506 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). 2.0% of Gulich Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Gulich Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Gulich Township is 1,906th of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 8 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,904 | Bronson Township MI | 1,306 | $78K | 8.5% | 2.3% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,905 | Wayne Township OH | 1,527 | $65K | 8.2% | 4.4% | 4% | C+ |
| 1,906 | Gulich Township PA | 1,188 | $82K | 9.8% | 3.3% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,907 | Pine Lakes FL | 1,437 | $78K | 5.9% | 20.2% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,908 | Cannon Beach OR | 1,512 | $69K | 4.5% | 3.0% | 17% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Gulich Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Gulich Township and its neighbors: 11% work next door
The biggest share goes to Woodward Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gulich Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gulich Township | – | C+ | C− | 33 min | $82,457 |
| Beccaria Township | under 2% | C− | D | 37 min | $59,896 |
| Rush Township | 4% | C+ | C− | 30 min | $75,732 |
| Ramey | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Bigler Township | under 2% | C− | C+ | 29 min | $60,625 |
| Woodward Township | 7% | C− | C | 31 min | $61,953 |
| Snyder Township | under 2% | C | C | 26 min | $71,071 |
Same-state neighbors only. Ramey: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Gulich 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 Gulich Township: questions
What is the median household income in Gulich Township?
$82,457 (±$10,127) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gulich Township?
9.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gulich Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gulich Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Woodward Township (7%, 6 mi), College Township (7%, 31 mi), Lawrence Township (5%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gulich Township walkable?
Gulich Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gulich Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gulich Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gulich 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.