Most of Lenox Township commutes out: there are 0.6 jobs for every working resident
7% of workers have no commute at all; Pennsylvania has 16%. There are 369 jobs in Lenox Township, and 666 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Lenox Township B−; getting around on foot earns it C+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Lenox Township
Income, poverty and work: Lenox Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Lenox Township is better than 51% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Lenox Township’s grade up (6.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 32% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (2.1%) is left out: Lenox 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, Lenox Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
In Lenox Township, 62% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lenox Township, 2013 → 2023: 312 → 369. 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 Lenox Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Lenox Township on a workday
On a workday 638 residents head out to work, 28 work right here, and 341 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Lenox Township on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
8% of working residents work in Scranton
Where Lenox Township clocks in
8% 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.
Getting to work from Lenox Township takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lenox Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 736 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.
Half of Lenox Township commutes less than 18 miles
About 27% 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.
Most of Lenox Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lenox Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 792 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). 3.8% of Lenox Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lenox Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100, Lenox Township ranks 2,069th of 5,794 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,067 | Woodland Township MI | 2,048 | $74K | 5.4% | 5.2% | 2% | B− |
| 2,068 | Jefferson Township PA | 1,112 | $73K | 5.8% | 13.7% | 1% | B− |
| 2,069 | Lenox Township PA | 1,589 | $76K | 6.8% | 2.1% | 4% | B− |
| 2,070 | Jefferson Township IN | 1,732 | $82K | 6.1% | 3.7% | 3% | B− |
| 2,071 | Noble Township IN | 1,415 | $98K | 2.6% | 12.9% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Lenox Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work in the towns next to Lenox Township
The biggest share goes to Clifford Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lenox Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenox Township | – | B− | C+ | 26 min | $75,833 |
| Brooklyn Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Harford Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 36 min | $90,417 |
| Clifford Township | 5% | B− | D | 27 min | $84,559 |
| Lathrop Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Benton Township | under 2% | B | C− | 24 min | $64,583 |
| Nicholson Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 26 min | $72,500 |
| Hop Bottom | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Brooklyn Township, Lathrop Township and Hop Bottom: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lenox 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 Lenox Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lenox Township?
$75,833 (±$19,166) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lenox Township?
6.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lenox Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lenox Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Scranton (8%, 20 mi), Clifford Township (5%, 8 mi), Carbondale (3%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lenox Township walkable?
Lenox Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lenox 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 Lenox Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lenox 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.