Photo: Umrok · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Kingston Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Kingston Township grades B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Employers in Kingston Township report 1,001 jobs for 2,967 working residents. Only 5% stay in Kingston Township for work; outside it, Wilkes-Barre is the main destination (11%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Kingston Township: the figures worth knowing
The better-paid jobs are outside Kingston Township
66% of Kingston Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 44% of the jobs based in Kingston Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Kingston Township pay little
27% of the jobs based in Kingston Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 34% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. 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.
What’s behind Kingston Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Kingston Township is better than 69% of U.S. towns, #474 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Kingston Township’s grade up (3.5%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (4.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Kingston Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
The kinds of work in Kingston Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kingston Township, 2014 → 2024: 948 → 1,001. 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 Kingston Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Kingston Township by day and by night
On a workday 2,826 residents head out to work, 141 work right here, and 860 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,300 people are in Kingston Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Kingston Township’s residents
Where Kingston Township clocks in
11% 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.
Commuting from Kingston Township: about 27 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kingston Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,238 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Kingston Township
About 19% 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.
Few in Kingston Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kingston Township is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns, #880 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,764 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). 1.9% of Kingston Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kingston Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 5,100 to 9,800, Kingston Township ranks 1,189th of 3,122 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
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| 22 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 56 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,187 | Garwood NJ | 5,390 | $111K | 9.9% | 7.1% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,188 | Birdsboro PA | 5,161 | $86K | 18.1% | 1.7% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,189 | Kingston Township PA | 7,231 | $77K | 3.5% | 4.3% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,190 | Reidland KY | 5,277 | $99K | 7.9% | 3.5% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,191 | Northgate OH | 6,723 | $74K | 9.7% | 3.2% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,122 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Kingston Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Kingston Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Dallas Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kingston Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston Township | – | B+ | C− | 27 min | $76,574 |
| Courtdale | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Dallas Township | 6% | B | B+ | 29 min | $101,293 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 32 min | $85,824 |
| Luzerne | under 2% | C− | A | 20 min | $42,135 |
| Swoyersville | under 2% | B | C− | 23 min | $71,555 |
| West Wyoming | under 2% | C | C+ | 22 min | $66,382 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | A | D | 27 min | $122,344 |
Same-state neighbors only. Courtdale: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kingston 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 Kingston Township: questions
What is the median household income in Kingston Township?
$76,574 (±$22,952) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kingston Township?
3.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kingston Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kingston Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wilkes-Barre (11%, 6 mi), Plains Township (8%, 7 mi), Dallas Township (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Kingston Township walkable?
Kingston Township is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kingston 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 Kingston Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kingston 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.