Photo: Jason Pratt (FishSpeaker) from Pittsburgh, PA · CC BY 2.0Most of Hanover Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Only 3% work in Hanover Township itself; outside it, Pittsburgh draws the most (9%, 25 miles). 214 jobs are based in Hanover Township; 1,362 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Hanover Township B−; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Hanover Township apart on work
Hanover Township is a place people come home to
There are 214 jobs based in Hanover Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hanover Township has about 2,200 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Hanover Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Hanover Township is Pittsburgh, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (129) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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 Hanover Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hanover Township is better than 53% of U.S. towns, #659 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Household income holds Hanover Township’s grade up ($91,140, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hanover Township could be anywhere from C to A.
The daily flow of workers through Hanover Township
On a workday 1,318 residents head out to work, 44 work right here, and 170 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Hanover Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Hanover Township
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.
Where Hanover Township’s working residents head each day
Where Hanover Township clocks in
9% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
39% of the jobs in Hanover Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hanover Township, 2013 → 2023: 195 → 214. 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 Hanover Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes to work from Hanover Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hanover Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,445 commuters (the 10% 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.
Most trips from Hanover Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hanover Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns, #983 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,599 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). 7.9% of Hanover Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hanover Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Hanover Township is 2,131st among 4,593 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| 66 | West Pikeland Township PA | 4,045 | $226K | 0.9% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,129 | Walker Township PA | 2,790 | $73K | 8.0% | 2.0% | 13% | B− |
| 2,130 | Butler Township PA | 2,626 | $89K | 14.8% | 3.8% | 5% | B− |
| 2,131 | Hanover Township PA | 3,357 | $91K | 7.3% | 6.2% | 3% | B− |
| 2,132 | Lincoln Village CA | 4,241 | $96K | 12.5% | 6.8% | 2% | B− |
| 2,133 | Kent Acres DE | 2,388 | $92K | 14.2% | 4.5% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,593 | 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 Hanover Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns next door employ 11% of Hanover Township
The biggest share goes to Findlay Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hanover Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanover Township | – | B− | D | 27 min | $91,140 |
| Findlay Township | 7% | A | C+ | 19 min | $110,625 |
| Robinson Township | under 2% | B | B− | 27 min | $82,700 |
| Greene Township | 4% | B | B− | 25 min | $103,750 |
| Frankfort Springs | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Independence Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 27 min | $92,500 |
| Raccoon Township | under 2% | B | C− | 26 min | $84,792 |
Same-state neighbors only. Frankfort Springs: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hanover 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 Hanover Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hanover Township?
$91,140 (±$18,978) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hanover Township?
7.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hanover Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hanover Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (9%, 25 mi), Findlay Township (7%, 9 mi), Moon Township (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hanover Township walkable?
Hanover Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hanover Township without a car?
0% 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 Hanover Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hanover 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.