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7% of workers work from home (Pennsylvania 16%). Jobs and income earn King Township B−; getting around on foot earns it D. Only 3% work in King Township itself; outside it, Greenfield Township draws the most (11%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
King Township and work: the main findings
King Township makes and builds things
71% of the jobs based in King Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs King Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 28%. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in King Township pay little
28% of the jobs based in King Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. 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; with 529 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How King Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, King Township is better than 54% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds King Township’s grade up (5.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 33% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.2%) is left out: King 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, King Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Factories, building and farms: 71% of the jobs in King Township
358 jobs are based in King Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in King Township, 2013 → 2023: 259 → 358. 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 King Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in King Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 511 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 340 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in King Township on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.68 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Where King Township goes to work
Where King Township clocks in
11% of workers
10% 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.
The trip to work from King Township: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of King Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 572 commuters (the 7% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from King Township
About 24% 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.
In King Township, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 614 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). 4.0% of King Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of King Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,303rd of 4,312: where King Township ranks among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,301 | West Baraboo WI | 1,572 | $61K | 9.6% | 2.1% | 4% | B− |
| 1,302 | Newbury Township KS | 1,093 | $77K | 7.0% | 1.2% | 1% | B− |
| 1,303 | King Township PA | 1,172 | $74K | 5.7% | 3.2% | 3% | B− |
| 1,304 | Winhall VT | 1,147 | $96K | 5.3% | 4.3% | 8% | B− |
| 1,305 | Fort Recovery OH | 1,476 | $67K | 2.7% | 1.4% | 16% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 King Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
King Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to East St. Clair Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | King Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King Township | – | B− | D | 25 min | $73,942 |
| South Woodbury Township | under 3% | B− | B | 28 min | $74,722 |
| Kimmel Township | 2% | C | D− | 29 min | $62,000 |
| Lincoln Township | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| East St. Clair Township | 4% | C− | C+ | 24 min | $41,993 |
| Bloomfield Township | under 3% | B | C | 26 min | $90,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Lincoln Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of King 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 King Township: questions
What is the median household income in King Township?
$73,942 (±$10,016) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in King Township?
5.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from King Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in King Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenfield Township (11%, 8 mi), Bedford Township (10%, 10 mi), Altoona (6%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is King Township walkable?
King Township is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around King 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 King Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of King 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.