Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Household incomes in Jenks Township are lower than in 86% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Jenks Township are C for jobs and income and C for walkability. 4.6% of residents live below the poverty line, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania. About one in ten stay in Jenks Township for work; outside it, Pittsburgh is the main destination (5%, 85 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jenks Township at work: what stands out
A big share show a job far from home
65% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Jenks Township is the work center of its corner
Every town that borders Jenks Township (Millstone Township, Howe Township, Kingsley Township, Highland Township, Green Township and others) has fewer jobs than working residents, while Jenks Township has 1.6 per resident. Next door ↓
The jobs in Jenks Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
80% of the jobs based in Jenks Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 51% of the jobs Jenks Township residents hold. 93% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Jenks Township. The jobs ↓
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; with 713 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Jenks Township
On income, poverty and job access, Jenks Township is better than 28% of U.S. towns, #891 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Jenks Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.3%) is left out: Jenks Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Jenks Township could be anywhere from C− to C+.
The distance from Jenks Township to work
About 65% 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.
In Jenks Township, services account for most jobs
1,103 jobs are based in Jenks Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jenks Township, 2014 → 2024: 903 → 1,103. 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 Jenks Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Jenks Township
On a workday 633 residents head out to work, 80 work right here, and 1,023 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,100 people are in Jenks Township on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting in to Jenks Township: where workers come from
Where Jenks Township clocks in
5% of workers
3% of workers
2% 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 Jenks Township: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jenks Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 585 commuters (the 8% 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.
In Jenks Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jenks Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns, #855 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Jenks 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 637 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). 4.3% of Jenks Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Jenks Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Jenks Township ranks: 3,125th of 4,210 U.S. towns of 2,600 to 4,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 21 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 26 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,123 | Casey Township IL | 3,413 | $60K | 8.2% | 5.4% | 25% | C |
| 3,124 | Collins NY | 4,501 | $61K | 9.1% | 6.2% | 8% | C |
| 3,125 | Jenks Township PA | 3,662 | $52K | 4.6% | 2.3% | 11% | C |
| 3,126 | Kotzebue AK | 2,876 | $110K | 14.4% | 6.2% | — | C |
| 3,127 | Glendive MT | 4,736 | $73K | 13.5% | 4.3% | 46% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,210 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 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 Jenks Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Around Jenks Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Barnett Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jenks Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenks Township | – | C | C | 17 min | $51,865 |
| Millstone Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Howe Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Kingsley Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Highland Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Green Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Barnett Township | 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Millstone Township, Howe Township, Kingsley Township, Highland Township, Green Township and Barnett Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Jenks 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 Jenks Township: questions
What is the median household income in Jenks Township?
$51,865 (±$3,566) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jenks Township?
4.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jenks Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jenks Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (5%, 85 mi), Erie (3%, 67 mi), Barnett Township (2%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Jenks Township walkable?
Jenks Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jenks Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jenks Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jenks 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.