Photo: Pubdog · Public domainLawrence Park Township has 2.0 jobs for every working resident: 3,397 people commute in to work
Lawrence Park Township grades C+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Employers in Lawrence Park Township report 3,517 jobs, and 1,758 of its residents work somewhere. Only 7% work in Lawrence Park Township; the top destination outside it is Erie (38%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Lawrence Park Township
Lawrence Park Township makes and builds things
83% of the jobs based in Lawrence Park Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Lawrence Park Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. The jobs ↓
Much of Lawrence Park Township works one town over
48% of working residents work in a town that borders Lawrence Park Township: Erie (38%), Harborcreek Township (9%) and Wesleyville (1%). Next door ↓
The jobs in Lawrence Park Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
89% of the jobs based in Lawrence Park Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 56% of the jobs Lawrence Park Township residents hold. 97% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Lawrence Park Township. The jobs ↓
Most Lawrence Park Township residents work close to home
72% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Lawrence Park Township is where the jobs are
Lawrence Park Township has 3,517 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 5,400 people are in town, 48% more than the 3,700 who live here. Day and night ↓
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 Lawrence Park Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lawrence Park Township is better than 45% of U.S. towns, #739 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Lawrence Park Township’s grade up (ahead of 62% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (15.0%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lawrence Park Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Goods, not services: 83% of the jobs in Lawrence Park Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lawrence Park Township, 2014 → 2024: 4,839 → 3,517. 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 Lawrence Park Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Lawrence Park Township
About 16% 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.
How a workday changes Lawrence Park Township
On a workday 1,638 residents head out to work and 120 work right here.
About 5,400 people are in Lawrence Park Township on a workday afternoon, 48% more 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.
Where Lawrence Park Township’s workforce comes from
Where Lawrence Park Township clocks in
38% 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.
Lawrence Park Township’s commute takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lawrence Park Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,730 commuters (the 8% 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.
Most trips from Lawrence Park Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lawrence Park Township is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns, #561 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.2% of 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 1,885 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 48% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 85% 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). 4.0% of Lawrence Park Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lawrence Park Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,318 U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000, Lawrence Park Township comes 2,440th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | 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% | 5% | A+ |
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| 27 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 4% | A+ |
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| 65 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
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| 2,438 | Claridon Township OH | 3,116 | $86K | 18.3% | 4.8% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,439 | Reily Township OH | 2,778 | $77K | 14.4% | 3.8% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,440 | Lawrence Park Township PA | 3,684 | $75K | 15.0% | 4.5% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,441 | Woodstock VT | 2,970 | $121K | 8.9% | 6.7% | 39% | C+ |
| 2,442 | Winter Beach FL | 4,985 | $92K | 9.0% | 7.7% | 3% | C+ |
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| 4,318 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Lawrence Park Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door is work for 48% of Lawrence Park Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lawrence Park Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Park Township | – | C+ | B− | 20 min | $74,548 |
| Northwest Harborcreek | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Harborcreek Township | 9% | B− | A | 18 min | $87,329 |
| Erie | 38% | C− | A+ | 18 min | $46,113 |
| Wesleyville | 1% | C− | A+ | 20 min | $48,952 |
Same-state neighbors only. Northwest Harborcreek: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Erie. Darker towns draw more of Lawrence Park 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 Lawrence Park Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lawrence Park Township?
$74,548 (±$8,737) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lawrence Park Township?
15.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lawrence Park Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lawrence Park Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Erie (38%, 4 mi), Millcreek Township (11%, 7 mi), Harborcreek Township (9%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Lawrence Park Township walkable?
Lawrence Park Township is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 11.5 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lawrence Park Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 48% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lawrence Park Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lawrence Park 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.