Photo: Dincher · CC BY-SA 3.0There are 2.8 jobs in Kelly Township for every working resident, and 3,958 people commute in
Jobs and income earn Kelly Township C+; getting around on foot earns it B. Kelly Township has 4,103 jobs, and 1,472 of its residents work somewhere. Measured by household income, Kelly Township is behind 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Kelly Township
Kelly Township is where the jobs are
Kelly Township has 4,103 jobs, 2.8 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 6,300 people are in town, 72% more than the 3,700 who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Kelly Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 69 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Kelly Township
On income, poverty and job access, Kelly Township is better than 43% of U.S. towns, #752 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Kelly Township’s grade up (7.5%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($54,886, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (1.5%) is left out: Kelly 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, Kelly Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Kelly Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,327 residents head out to work and 145 work right here.
About 6,300 people are in Kelly Township on a workday afternoon, 72% more than live here.
2.8 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 2023, primary jobs.
A commute of about 17 minutes in Kelly Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kelly Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 734 commuters (the 14% 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.
The daily trip into Kelly Township
Where Kelly Township clocks in
6% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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 Kelly Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kelly Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,489 → 4,103. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kelly Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Kelly Township, by distance
About 25% 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 Kelly Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kelly Township is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #474 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 6.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 856 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). 16.0% of Kelly Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kelly Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Kelly Township ranks: 2,517th of 4,318 U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000
| # | 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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| 22 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 27 | 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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| 2,515 | Lowell NC | 3,939 | $53K | 17.4% | 3.7% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,516 | Tamworth NH | 2,895 | $68K | 9.2% | 2.2% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,517 | Kelly Township PA | 3,667 | $55K | 7.5% | 1.5% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,518 | Stallion Springs CA | 2,937 | $87K | 5.0% | 5.8% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,519 | Barrett TX | 3,273 | $48K | 34.0% | 9.6% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,318 | 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 Kelly Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Kelly Township and its neighbors: 17% work next door
The biggest share goes to Lewisburg (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kelly Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Township | – | C+ | B | 17 min | $54,886 |
| Buffalo Township | 4% | B | D | 19 min | $66,781 |
| West Chillisquaque Township | under 2% | B− | C | 20 min | $51,304 |
| Lewisburg | 6% | B− | A+ | 12 min | $54,767 |
| Milton | 5% | C | B+ | 23 min | $54,577 |
| White Deer Township | 2% | A− | C | 18 min | $83,611 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kelly 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 Kelly Township: questions
What is the median household income in Kelly Township?
$54,886 (±$15,845) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kelly Township?
7.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kelly Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kelly Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lewisburg (6%, 3 mi), Mifflinburg (5%, 9 mi), East Buffalo Township (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Kelly Township walkable?
Kelly Township is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kelly Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kelly Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kelly 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.