Photo: Jeremiah Orr · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Hampden Township are higher than in 81% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Hampden Township is better than 84% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (B+). Poverty touches 4.9% of residents, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania. About one in ten work in Hampden Township itself; outside it, Harrisburg draws the most (12%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hampden Township and work: the main findings
Hampden Township draws workers from far and wide
The 19,886 jobs in Hampden Township are filled from a wide area. Hampden Township’s own residents hold 8% and the ten next-biggest home towns 28%; the other 64% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Hampden Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Hampden Township fell from 29,554 in 2013 to 19,886 in 2023, −33%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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.
Why Hampden Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Job access by car holds Hampden Township’s grade up (ahead of 82% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hampden Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Where Hampden Township’s working residents head each day
Where Hampden Township clocks in
12% 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.
65% of the jobs in Hampden Township pay over $3,333 a month
19,886 jobs are based in Hampden Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hampden Township, 2013 → 2023: 29,554 → 19,886. 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 Hampden Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Hampden Township
On a workday 12,519 residents head out to work, 1,541 work right here, and 18,345 people come in from elsewhere.
About 41,000 people are in Hampden Township on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 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.
How long Hampden Township spends getting to work: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hampden Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12,866 commuters (the 22% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Hampden Township
About 17% 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.
In Hampden Township, the car does most of the work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 16,545 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 17% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 7% 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). 3.0% of Hampden Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Hampden Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hampden Township places 359th of 1,219 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 25,000 to 48,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Northampton Township PA | 39,919 | $159K | 2.5% | 3.1% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Horsham Township PA | 27,882 | $122K | 4.3% | 2.4% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 357 | Chili NY | 28,897 | $90K | 7.1% | 2.6% | 6% | A− |
| 358 | Halfmoon NY | 26,658 | $101K | 4.3% | 3.8% | 7% | A− |
| 359 | Hampden Township PA | 35,401 | $105K | 4.9% | 4.3% | 11% | A− |
| 360 | Peachtree City GA | 40,880 | $114K | 5.7% | 4.1% | 19% | A− |
| 361 | Green OH | 27,553 | $95K | 7.1% | 2.9% | 11% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,219 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Hampden Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns next door employ 17% of Hampden Township
The biggest share goes to Silver Spring Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hampden Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampden Township | – | A− | B+ | 23 min | $105,434 |
| Silver Spring Township | 7% | A+ | B | 21 min | $125,102 |
| East Pennsboro Township | 5% | B+ | B+ | 21 min | $83,388 |
| Mechanicsburg | under 3% | A | A− | 25 min | $84,421 |
| Rye Township | under 3% | A | C | 30 min | $102,159 |
| Lower Allen Township | 5% | A− | B+ | 25 min | $91,678 |
| Camp Hill | under 3% | A | A | 21 min | $115,761 |
| Shiremanstown | under 3% | B− | A− | 18 min | $75,260 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hampden 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 Hampden Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hampden Township?
$105,434 (±$4,767) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hampden Township?
4.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hampden Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hampden Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harrisburg (12%, 5 mi), Silver Spring Township (7%, 4 mi), Lower Allen Township (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hampden Township walkable?
Hampden Township is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hampden Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 7% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hampden Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hampden 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.