Ashton-Hursh House · Photo: Smallbones · CC BY-SA 3.0Lower Allen Township draws 16,593 commuters a day, with 2.1 jobs for every working resident
About one in ten stay in Lower Allen Township for work; outside it, Harrisburg is the main destination (13%, 5 miles). Employers in Lower Allen Township report 17,316 jobs; 8,168 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Lower Allen Township A−; getting around on foot earns it B+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Lower Allen Township, in a few figures
Lower Allen Township is where the jobs are
Lower Allen Township has 17,316 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 30,000 people are in town, 43% more than the 21,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Lower Allen Township draws workers from far and wide
The 17,316 jobs in Lower Allen Township are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 27%; the other 69% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
What’s behind Lower Allen Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lower Allen Township is better than 81% of U.S. towns, #295 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 85% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (7.6%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lower Allen Township could be anywhere from B to A.
The daily commute in and out of Lower Allen Township
On a workday 7,445 residents head out to work and 723 work right here.
About 30,000 people are in Lower Allen Township on a workday afternoon, 43% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where the people who work in Lower Allen Township live
Where Lower Allen Township clocks in
13% of workers
7% 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.
65% of the jobs in Lower Allen Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lower Allen Township, 2013 → 2023: 14,439 → 17,316. 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 Lower Allen Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Lower Allen Township’s commute takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lower Allen Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,199 commuters (the 19% 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.
Miles to work from Lower Allen 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Lower Allen Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lower Allen Township is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns, #417 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.7% 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 8,903 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 54% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 18% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 7.6% of Lower Allen Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Lower Allen Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
587th of 1,787: where Lower Allen Township ranks among U.S. towns of 15,000 to 29,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Wolf Trap VA | 15,858 | $250K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 7 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
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| 13 | West Whiteland Township PA | 20,826 | $133K | 3.0% | 1.7% | 7% | A+ |
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| 33 | South Fayette Township PA | 18,648 | $124K | 3.6% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
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| 585 | Baldwin PA | 20,516 | $81K | 9.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A− |
| 586 | Prairie Township OH | 16,899 | $74K | 8.3% | 1.9% | 2% | A− |
| 587 | Lower Allen Township PA | 21,254 | $92K | 7.6% | 3.3% | 9% | A− |
| 588 | Cave Spring VA | 25,742 | $88K | 5.9% | 2.9% | 10% | A− |
| 589 | Maumelle AR | 19,780 | $103K | 7.1% | 3.8% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,787 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Lower Allen Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Lower Allen Township and its neighbors: 10% work next door
The biggest share goes to Hampden Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lower Allen Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Allen Township | – | A− | B+ | 25 min | $91,678 |
| Fairview Township | under 3% | A | C− | 22 min | $106,223 |
| New Cumberland | under 3% | B+ | A− | 18 min | $82,154 |
| Lemoyne | under 3% | B | A | 21 min | $62,086 |
| Shiremanstown | under 3% | B− | A− | 18 min | $75,260 |
| Upper Allen Township | 3% | A | A | 19 min | $99,197 |
| Camp Hill | under 3% | A | A | 21 min | $115,761 |
| Hampden Township | 7% | A− | B+ | 23 min | $105,434 |
| Mechanicsburg | under 3% | A | A− | 25 min | $84,421 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lower Allen 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 Lower Allen Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lower Allen Township?
$91,678 (±$6,745) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lower Allen Township?
7.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lower Allen Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lower Allen Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harrisburg (13%, 5 mi), Hampden Township (7%, 4 mi), Lower Paxton Township (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lower Allen Township walkable?
Lower Allen Township is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 10.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lower Allen Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 18% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lower Allen Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lower Allen 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.