Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Independence Township works elsewhere
Only 3% work in Independence Township; the top destination outside it is Findlay Township (10%, 5 miles). Employers in Independence Township report 189 jobs for 957 working residents. Jobs and income earn Independence 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
The commute and the jobs: Independence Township in brief
How Independence Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Independence Township is better than 72% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Independence Township’s grade up (2.4%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.9%, 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, Independence Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
A workday in Independence Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 932 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 164 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Independence 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.
Commuting out of Independence Township: the destinations
Where Independence Township clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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.
What Independence Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Independence Township, 2013 → 2023: 205 → 189. 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 Independence Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes to work from Independence Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Independence Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,055 commuters (the 9% 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 Independence Township commutes
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.
For most of Independence Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Independence Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Independence 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 1,165 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). 1.6% of Independence Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Independence Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000, Independence Township ranks 1,088th of 5,102 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 25 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | South Coventry Township PA | 2,822 | $158K | 0.9% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,086 | Mount Pleasant NC | 1,816 | $91K | 6.6% | 3.2% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,087 | Monterey Township OH | 2,061 | $87K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 10% | B+ |
| 1,088 | Independence Township PA | 2,236 | $93K | 12.9% | 2.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,089 | Latimore Township PA | 2,715 | $85K | 3.8% | 4.1% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,090 | Baraboo WI | 1,778 | $101K | 6.1% | 1.7% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,102 | 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 Independence Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns next door employ 17% of Independence Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Independence Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independence Township | – | B+ | D | 27 min | $92,500 |
| Findlay Township | 10% | A | C+ | 19 min | $110,625 |
| Hanover Township | under 3% | B− | D | 27 min | $91,140 |
| Hopewell Township | 7% | B+ | C | 26 min | $74,185 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Findlay Township. Darker towns draw more of Independence 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 Independence Township: questions
What is the median household income in Independence Township?
$92,500 (±$12,487) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Independence Township?
12.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Independence Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Independence Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Findlay Township (10%, 5 mi), Pittsburgh (9%, 20 mi), Hopewell Township (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Independence Township walkable?
Independence Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Independence Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Independence Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Independence 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.