Photo: Generic1139 · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Jenner Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Jenner Township has 721 jobs for 1,605 working residents. Jobs and income earn Jenner Township C+; getting around on foot earns it C+. Measured by household income, Jenner Township is behind 76% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Jenner Township
Stores, warehouses and trucking
48% of the jobs in Jenner Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 26% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Jenner Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Jenner Township makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Jenner Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Jenner Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. 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.
Income, poverty and work: Jenner Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Jenner Township is better than 43% of U.S. towns, #755 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment holds Jenner Township’s grade up (1.6%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($58,605, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Jenner Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
A place that makes things: 36% of Jenner Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jenner Township, 2013 → 2023: 617 → 721. 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 Jenner Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Jenner Township takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jenner Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,527 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.
Who leaves Jenner Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,476 residents head out to work, 129 work right here, and 592 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Jenner Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
9% of working residents work in Somerset
Where Jenner Township clocks in
9% of workers
9% of workers
6% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Jenner Township
About 21% 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.
Few in Jenner Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jenner Township is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns, #717 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,661 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). 1.7% of Jenner Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Jenner Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,355 U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800, Jenner Township comes 2,532nd 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 | 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% | 3% | A+ |
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| 26 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
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| 67 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 2,530 | Desert Aire WA | 2,788 | $86K | 7.8% | 4.5% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,531 | Mount Sterling Township IL | 4,448 | $65K | 10.5% | 2.6% | 38% | C+ |
| 2,532 | Jenner Township PA | 3,570 | $59K | 13.6% | 1.6% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,533 | Summerside OH | 4,662 | $71K | 17.1% | 5.2% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,534 | Atkins AR | 2,868 | $62K | 9.7% | 3.2% | 11% | C+ |
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| 4,355 | 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 Jenner Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns around Jenner Township
The biggest share goes to Conemaugh Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jenner Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenner Township | – | C+ | C+ | 32 min | $58,605 |
| Ligonier Township | under 2% | B | B | 26 min | $76,569 |
| Quemahoning Township | under 2% | C+ | B− | 24 min | $59,147 |
| Conemaugh Township | 3% | C+ | D | 25 min | $75,459 |
| Fairfield Township | under 2% | B− | D | 38 min | $70,815 |
| Lincoln Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 32 min | $81,364 |
| Jerome | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Jerome: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Jenner 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 Jenner Township: questions
What is the median household income in Jenner Township?
$58,605 (±$7,531) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jenner Township?
13.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jenner Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jenner Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Somerset (9%, 12 mi), Somerset Township (9%, 11 mi), Johnstown (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jenner Township walkable?
Jenner Township is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jenner Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jenner Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jenner 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.