Ashley Planes · Photo: Russ Nelson · CC BY-SA 2.0Hanover Township has 2.2 jobs for every working resident: 9,812 people commute in to work
Jobs and income earn Hanover Township C; getting around on foot earns it A−. Employers in Hanover Township report 10,603 jobs for 4,755 working residents. Household incomes here are lower than in 72% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Hanover Township apart on work
Hanover Township is where the jobs are
Hanover Township has 10,603 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 18,000 people are in town, 50% more than the 12,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Hanover Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
45% of the jobs in Hanover Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 27% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Most Hanover Township residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Hanover Township draws workers from far and wide
The 10,603 jobs in Hanover Township are filled from a wide area. Hanover Township’s own residents hold 7% and the ten next-biggest home towns 36%; the other 57% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Inside Hanover Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hanover Township is better than 32% of U.S. towns, #856 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Hanover Township’s grade up (ahead of 68% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (19.0%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hanover Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
In and out of Hanover Township on a workday
On a workday 3,964 residents head out to work and 791 work right here.
About 18,000 people are in Hanover Township on a workday afternoon, 50% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Getting to work from Hanover Township takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 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 3,991 commuters (the 14% 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.
What Hanover Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hanover Township, 2014 → 2024: 8,071 → 10,603. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hanover Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Hanover Township to work
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The towns that send workers to Hanover Township
Where Hanover Township clocks in
14% of workers
4% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Hanover Township
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hanover Township is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns, #265 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 8.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,656 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). 11.4% of Hanover Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Hanover Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hanover Township next to U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000: 2,051st of 2,695 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 26 | Lower Moreland Township PA | 14,116 | $154K | 2.6% | 2.0% | 6% | A+ |
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| 45 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 48 | Skippack Township PA | 14,502 | $148K | 2.5% | 2.4% | 5% | A+ |
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| 2,049 | Sterling IL | 14,394 | $57K | 15.3% | 3.8% | 33% | C |
| 2,050 | Scott LA | 9,635 | $56K | 15.2% | 5.9% | 6% | C |
| 2,051 | Hanover Township PA | 11,781 | $61K | 19.0% | 5.1% | 17% | C |
| 2,052 | Piney Green NC | 14,078 | $72K | 10.8% | 5.9% | 3% | C |
| 2,053 | Van Wert OH | 11,200 | $55K | 14.2% | 4.2% | 39% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 19% | 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 14% of Hanover Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hanover Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanover Township | – | C | A− | 19 min | $61,056 |
| Plymouth Township | under 2% | B− | D | 25 min | $80,288 |
| Plymouth | under 2% | D | A | 22 min | $39,167 |
| Nanticoke | under 2% | C− | A− | 21 min | $57,462 |
| Larksville | under 2% | C | C+ | 21 min | $56,942 |
| Fairview Township | under 2% | A− | C | 24 min | $96,500 |
| Nuangola | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Wilkes-Barre | 14% | C− | A | 21 min | $48,515 |
| Newport Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 25 min | $57,541 |
| Bear Creek Township | under 2% | B | D− | 30 min | $88,333 |
Same-state neighbors only. Nuangola: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Wilkes-Barre. 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 2024, 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?
$61,056 (±$9,181) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hanover Township?
19.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hanover Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hanover Township work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wilkes-Barre (14%, 5 mi), Plains Township (7%, 8 mi), Wilkes-Barre Township (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Hanover Township walkable?
Hanover Township is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hanover Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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), 2024, 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.