Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Lower Alsace Township works elsewhere
There are 423 jobs in Lower Alsace Township for 2,389 working residents. For jobs and income Lower Alsace Township is better than 83% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (B+). Only 2% stay in Lower Alsace Township for work; outside it, Reading is the main destination (15%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Lower Alsace Township, in a few figures
Lower Alsace Township is a place people come home to
There are 423 jobs based in Lower Alsace Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lower Alsace Township has about 2,900 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Many jobs in Lower Alsace Township pay little
30% of the jobs based in Lower Alsace Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 32% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
A lot of Lower Alsace Township works one town over
25% of working residents work in a town that borders Lower Alsace Township: Reading (15%), Exeter Township (5%) and Cumru Township (3%). Next door ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Lower Alsace Township
63% of Lower Alsace Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 44% of the jobs based in Lower Alsace Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Lower Alsace Township’s grade explained
Unemployment is its strongest input (2.2%, U.S. 5.2%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($76,250, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lower Alsace Township could be anywhere from B to A+.
The daily flow of workers through Lower Alsace Township
On a workday 2,337 residents head out to work, 52 work right here, and 371 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Lower Alsace Township on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
What Lower Alsace Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lower Alsace Township, 2013 → 2023: 446 → 423. 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 Alsace Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting out of Lower Alsace Township: the destinations
Where Lower Alsace Township clocks in
15% 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.
About 27 minutes each way, about the PA average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lower Alsace Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,316 commuters (the 11% 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.
How far Lower Alsace Township goes to work
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.
In Lower Alsace Township, the car does most of the work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.6% 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 2,603 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). 8.8% of Lower Alsace Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lower Alsace Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Lower Alsace Township is 694th of 3,840 U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 29 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 35 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
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| 73 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 692 | Sandstone Township MI | 3,873 | $98K | 4.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A− |
| 693 | Morgan UT | 4,580 | $116K | 1.4% | 3.1% | 18% | A− |
| 694 | Lower Alsace Township PA | 4,886 | $76K | 5.8% | 2.2% | 2% | A− |
| 695 | Sawgrass FL | 4,929 | $123K | 7.8% | 3.2% | 5% | A− |
| 696 | Union Beach NJ | 5,708 | $119K | 3.0% | 7.1% | 4% | A− |
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| 3,840 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Alsace Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
25% of Lower Alsace Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lower Alsace Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Alsace Township | – | A− | B+ | 27 min | $76,250 |
| Mount Penn | under 3% | B+ | A | 21 min | $63,512 |
| Reading | 15% | C− | A | 24 min | $44,091 |
| Exeter Township | 5% | B+ | C+ | 25 min | $100,083 |
| Cumru Township | 3% | A | B− | 23 min | $90,797 |
| Alsace Township | under 3% | A− | C+ | 21 min | $71,103 |
| St. Lawrence | 2% | B+ | B | 27 min | $85,625 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Reading. Darker towns draw more of Lower Alsace 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 Alsace Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lower Alsace Township?
$76,250 (±$11,779) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lower Alsace Township?
5.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lower Alsace Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lower Alsace Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reading (15%, 2 mi), Wyomissing (5%, 4 mi), Exeter Township (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lower Alsace Township walkable?
Lower Alsace Township is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lower Alsace 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 Lower Alsace Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lower Alsace 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.