Joseph F. and Anna B. Schrot Farm · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainLawrence Township has higher unemployment (7.7%) than 87% of U.S. towns
About one in four work in Lawrence Township; the top destination outside it is Clearfield (13%, 4 miles). Jobs and income earn Lawrence Township C−; getting around on foot earns it B+. Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Lawrence Township
Lawrence Township is where the jobs are
Lawrence Township has 4,448 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Lawrence 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Lawrence Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lawrence Township is better than 19% of U.S. towns, #957 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Lawrence Township’s grade up (13.1%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lawrence Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
How many people are in Lawrence Township by day
On a workday 2,110 residents head out to work, 644 work right here, and 3,804 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,000 people are in Lawrence Township on a workday afternoon, 23% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
About 21 minutes each way for Lawrence 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 Lawrence Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,741 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.
Where Lawrence Township’s workforce comes from
Where Lawrence Township clocks in
13% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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 kinds of work in Lawrence Township
4,448 jobs are based in Lawrence Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lawrence Township, 2013 → 2023: 4,701 → 4,448. 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 Lawrence Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Lawrence Township
About 23% 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.
For most of Lawrence Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lawrence Township is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns, #410 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 6.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,989 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). 9.0% of Lawrence Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lawrence Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Lawrence Township is 2,703rd of 3,154 U.S. towns of 5,100 to 9,900
| # | 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% | 4% | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,701 | Demopolis AL | 6,641 | $35K | 26.0% | 1.7% | 34% | C− |
| 2,702 | Coffeyville KS | 8,460 | $46K | 21.1% | 3.2% | 46% | C− |
| 2,703 | Lawrence Township PA | 7,309 | $62K | 13.1% | 7.7% | 23% | C− |
| 2,704 | Piedmont SC | 5,462 | $53K | 25.4% | 8.1% | 2% | C− |
| 2,705 | Rensselaer IN | 5,681 | $60K | 15.3% | 5.8% | 29% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,154 | 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 Lawrence Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Lawrence Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Bradford Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lawrence Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Township | – | C− | B+ | 21 min | $62,371 |
| Boggs Township | under 2% | D | C− | 32 min | $61,354 |
| Knox Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Bradford Township | 5% | C | C− | 22 min | $55,938 |
| Pike Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 26 min | $83,958 |
| Goshen Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Huston Township | under 2% | D | B− | 27 min | $61,173 |
| Pine Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Knox Township, Goshen Township and Pine Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lawrence 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 Lawrence Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lawrence Township?
$62,371 (±$8,672) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lawrence Township?
13.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lawrence Township?
21 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 Township work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clearfield (13%, 4 mi), Bradford Township (5%, 8 mi), DuBois (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lawrence Township walkable?
Lawrence Township is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lawrence Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lawrence Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lawrence 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.