Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0Kline Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.6 for each
Household incomes here are lower than in 84% of U.S. towns. There are 359 jobs in Kline Township, and 632 of its residents work somewhere. Kline Township grades C− for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Kline Township
Fewer jobs are based in Kline Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Kline Township fell from 789 in 2013 to 359 in 2023, −54%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Kline Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 38 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; with 632 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Kline Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Kline Township is better than 24% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Kline Township’s grade up (ahead of 54% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($53,125, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (5.7%) is left out: Kline Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Kline Township could be anywhere from D to B.
Goods jobs make up 31% of work in Kline Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kline Township, 2013 → 2023: 789 → 359. 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 Kline Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes each way for Kline Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kline Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 660 commuters (the 5% 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.
A workday in Kline Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 625 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 352 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Kline Township on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
11% of working residents work in Hazle Township
Where Kline Township clocks in
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.
Half of Kline Township commutes less than 17 miles
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.
Driving is how Kline Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kline Township is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns. 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 696 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). 16.8% of Kline Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kline Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000, Kline Township comes 4,091st on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 13 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
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| 20 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 37 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 4,089 | Huntington UT | 1,986 | $77K | 12.0% | 7.8% | 11% | C− |
| 4,090 | Nevins Township IN | 1,825 | $66K | 13.0% | 9.6% | 1% | C− |
| 4,091 | Kline Township PA | 1,482 | $53K | 16.0% | 5.7% | 1% | C− |
| 4,092 | Ransom Township PA | 1,495 | $60K | 22.4% | 14.0% | 1% | C− |
| 4,093 | Toulon IL | 1,172 | $59K | 11.3% | 2.9% | 9% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | 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 Kline Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Bordering towns draw 16% of Kline Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Hazle Township (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kline Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kline Township | – | C− | D | 21 min | $53,125 |
| Delano Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Rush Township | 5% | C | B− | 36 min | $76,392 |
| McAdoo | under 2% | C− | B+ | 26 min | $45,753 |
| Banks Township | under 2% | C+ | B− | 19 min | $63,875 |
| Hazle Township | 11% | C | C | 21 min | $59,134 |
Same-state neighbors only. Delano Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kline 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 Kline Township: questions
What is the median household income in Kline Township?
$53,125 (±$17,436) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kline Township?
16.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kline Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kline Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hazle Township (11%, 6 mi), Rush Township (5%, 5 mi), Hazleton (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Kline Township walkable?
Kline Township is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kline Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kline Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kline 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.