A job hub: Jenkins Township has 3.2 jobs per working resident, and 5,493 people come in to work
Jenkins Township has 5,601 jobs, and 1,752 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Jenkins Township are C+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jenkins Township and work: the main findings
Jenkins Township has far more jobs than workers
Jenkins Township has 5,601 jobs, 3.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 8,400 people are in town, 85% more than the 4,600 who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
59% of the jobs in Jenkins Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 26% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Jenkins Township draws workers from far and wide
The 5,601 jobs in Jenkins Township are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 27%; the other 71% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Jenkins Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Jenkins Township went from 3,655 in 2013 to 5,601 in 2023, +53%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Jenkins 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 ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jenkins Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Jenkins Township is better than 43% of U.S. towns, #757 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Jenkins Township’s grade up (ahead of 70% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($54,878, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Jenkins Township could be anywhere from C− to A.
Who leaves Jenkins Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,644 residents head out to work and 108 work right here.
About 8,400 people are in Jenkins Township on a workday afternoon, 85% 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.
67% of the jobs in Jenkins Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jenkins Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,655 → 5,601. 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 Jenkins Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who travels to work in Jenkins Township, and from where
Where Jenkins Township clocks in
11% 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.
About 19 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jenkins Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,770 commuters (the 12% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Jenkins Township
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Jenkins Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jenkins Township is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns, #761 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.0% 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 2,006 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). 8.6% of Jenkins Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Jenkins Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,100, Jenkins Township ranks 2,336th of 3,862 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 24 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 28 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
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| 65 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 2,334 | Elsa TX | 5,820 | $42K | 31.8% | 0.5% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,335 | Mercer Township IL | 3,841 | $71K | 12.3% | 3.5% | 39% | C+ |
| 2,336 | Jenkins Township PA | 4,552 | $55K | 8.5% | 5.5% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,337 | Iroquois Point HI | 5,158 | $110K | 14.9% | 12.7% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,338 | James City NC | 4,789 | $59K | 11.7% | 2.5% | 9% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,862 | 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 Jenkins Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
19% of Jenkins Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Plains Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jenkins Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenkins Township | – | C+ | C | 19 min | $54,878 |
| Laflin | under 2% | A+ | C− | 19 min | $120,833 |
| Plains Township | 8% | C+ | B | 20 min | $73,790 |
| Yatesville | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Pittston Township | 7% | A− | B+ | 26 min | $68,702 |
| Spring Brook Township | under 2% | B− | D | 29 min | $69,821 |
| Bear Creek Township | under 2% | B | D− | 30 min | $88,333 |
| Thornhurst Township | under 2% | C | D− | 38 min | $71,625 |
| Pittston | 4% | C− | A− | 23 min | $49,941 |
| Wyoming | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 17 min | $71,950 |
| Exeter | under 2% | C | A | 23 min | $57,639 |
Same-state neighbors only. Yatesville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Jenkins 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 Jenkins Township: questions
What is the median household income in Jenkins Township?
$54,878 (±$13,277) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jenkins Township?
8.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jenkins Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jenkins Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wilkes-Barre (11%, 7 mi), Plains Township (8%, 4 mi), Pittston Township (7%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jenkins Township walkable?
Jenkins Township is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jenkins Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jenkins Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jenkins 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.