Photo: Ruhrfisch · CC BY-SA 3.0Hemlock Township draws 3,164 commuters a day, with 3.2 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Hemlock Township B+; getting around on foot earns it B. 3,213 jobs are based in Hemlock Township, and 991 of its residents work somewhere. Only 5% stay in Hemlock Township for work; outside it, Mahoning Township is the main destination (16%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Hemlock Township, in brief
Hemlock Township has far more jobs than workers
Hemlock Township has 3,213 jobs, 3.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 4,500 people are in town, 96% more than the 2,300 who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
50% of the jobs in Hemlock Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 21% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Hemlock Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Hemlock Township went from 2,161 in 2013 to 3,213 in 2023, +49%. 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; with 991 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Hemlock Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hemlock Township is better than 66% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Hemlock Township’s grade up (1.8%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hemlock Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
The daily flow of workers through Hemlock Township
On a workday 942 residents head out to work and 49 work right here.
About 4,500 people are in Hemlock Township on a workday afternoon, 96% 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 2023, primary jobs.
The kinds of work in Hemlock Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hemlock Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,161 → 3,213. 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 Hemlock Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that send workers to Hemlock Township
Where Hemlock Township clocks in
16% of workers
12% 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.
The trip to work from Hemlock Township: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hemlock Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 917 commuters (the 16% 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.
How many miles Hemlock Township commutes
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 Hemlock Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hemlock Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Hemlock Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,086 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). 0.7% of Hemlock Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hemlock Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hemlock Township next to U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100: 1,414th of 5,328 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 27 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,412 | West Grove PA | 2,835 | $93K | 14.1% | 2.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,413 | Webb NY | 1,813 | $108K | 1.4% | 8.7% | 39% | B+ |
| 1,414 | Hemlock Township PA | 2,326 | $89K | 14.0% | 1.8% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,415 | Moretown VT | 1,757 | $104K | 3.1% | 1.8% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,416 | Arial SC | 1,919 | $54K | 7.9% | 0.0% | <1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Hemlock Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Bordering towns draw 14% of Hemlock Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Bloomsburg (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hemlock Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hemlock Township | – | B+ | B | 22 min | $89,091 |
| Mount Pleasant Township | under 2% | A− | D | 24 min | $91,875 |
| Madison Township | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 25 min | $76,500 |
| Bloomsburg | 12% | C | A | 15 min | $51,536 |
| Montour Township | 2% | B− | B | 20 min | $68,203 |
| West Hemlock Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. West Hemlock Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hemlock 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 Hemlock Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hemlock Township?
$89,091 (±$5,597) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hemlock Township?
14.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hemlock Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hemlock Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mahoning Township (16%, 6 mi), Bloomsburg (12%, 4 mi), Scott Township (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hemlock Township walkable?
Hemlock Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hemlock Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hemlock Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hemlock 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.