Photo: Coemgenus at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Kennett Square has lower unemployment (3.1%) than 68% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Kennett Square A−; getting around on foot earns it A. About one in ten work in Kennett Square; the top destination outside it is Kennett Township (12%, 2 miles). Working from home is the commute for 9% of workers, against 16% across Pennsylvania.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Kennett Square: the figures worth knowing
Kennett Square trades workers with the towns around it
Kennett Square has about as many jobs (2,783) as working residents (2,924), but they are mostly different people: 2,689 residents leave for work each day while 2,548 people come in. Only 8% of the jobs in Kennett Square are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Kennett Square are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 46 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.
Income, poverty and work: Kennett Square’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Kennett Square is better than 78% of U.S. towns, #336 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate is its strongest input (5.3%, U.S. 12.5%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($80,505, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Kennett Square could be anywhere from B− to A+.
A workday in Kennett Square: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 2,689 residents head out to work, 235 work right here, and 2,548 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kennett Square workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,078 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.
Where Kennett Square’s working residents head each day
Where Kennett Square clocks in
12% of workers
9% of workers
4% 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.
Jobs in Kennett Square: what the 2,783 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kennett Square, 2013 → 2023: 3,522 → 2,783. 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 Kennett Square’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Kennett Square 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Kennett Square
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kennett Square is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns, #195 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Kennett Square 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 3,387 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). 3.0% of Kennett Square households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kennett Square’s commuters take a bus or train.
Kennett Square places 878th of 3,229 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 4,800 to 9,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 77 | London Grove Township PA | 9,047 | $176K | 1.8% | 0.3% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 876 | Bridgeport TX | 6,915 | $96K | 2.1% | 3.9% | 18% | A− |
| 877 | Bremen GA | 7,751 | $94K | 5.3% | 1.7% | 13% | A− |
| 878 | Kennett Square PA | 6,893 | $81K | 5.3% | 3.1% | 8% | A− |
| 879 | Hyde Park UT | 5,786 | $113K | 1.9% | 5.0% | 3% | A− |
| 880 | Raisinville Township MI | 6,136 | $90K | 3.9% | 3.2% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,229 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Kennett Square, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
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 Kennett Square: questions
What is the median household income in Kennett Square?
$80,505 (±$18,288) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kennett Square?
5.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kennett Square?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kennett Square work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kennett Township (12%, 2 mi), New Garden Township (9%, 3 mi), Philadelphia (4%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Kennett Square walkable?
Kennett Square is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 11.6 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kennett Square without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kennett Square, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kennett Square
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.