With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Lurgan Township works elsewhere
Lurgan Township has 324 jobs; 842 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Lurgan Township are C+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Only 7% stay in Lurgan Township for work; outside it, Chambersburg is the main destination (14%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Lurgan Township: the figures worth knowing
Lurgan Township makes and builds things
51% of the jobs based in Lurgan Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Lurgan Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
40% of the jobs based in Lurgan Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 26% of Lurgan Township’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
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; with 842 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Lurgan Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lurgan Township is better than 37% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Lurgan Township’s grade up ($88,333, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.5%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lurgan Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Goods jobs make up 51% of work in Lurgan Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lurgan Township, 2014 → 2024: 249 → 324. 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 Lurgan Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Lurgan Township
On a workday 786 residents head out to work, 56 work right here, and 268 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Lurgan Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Lurgan Township: the destinations
Where Lurgan Township clocks in
14% 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.
The daily trip from Lurgan Township: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lurgan Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 839 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 it is to work from Lurgan Township
About 22% 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.
Most trips from Lurgan Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lurgan Township is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 938 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). 18.2% of Lurgan Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Lurgan Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 3,000, Lurgan Township ranks 3,156th of 5,641 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 7% | A+ |
| 29 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 77 | South Coventry Township PA | 2,822 | $158K | 0.9% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,154 | South Fork Township IL | 2,452 | $76K | 12.2% | 5.4% | 6% | C+ |
| 3,155 | Dover Township MI | 1,645 | $74K | 8.3% | 6.6% | 2% | C+ |
| 3,156 | Lurgan Township PA | 2,208 | $88K | 9.8% | 6.5% | 7% | C+ |
| 3,157 | West Nottingham Township PA | 2,864 | $77K | 9.5% | 6.2% | 6% | C+ |
| 3,158 | Bells TX | 1,525 | $92K | 11.9% | 7.8% | 5% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,641 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Lurgan Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Lurgan Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Letterkenny Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lurgan Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lurgan Township | – | C+ | C+ | 29 min | $88,333 |
| Letterkenny Township | 4% | B+ | C | 24 min | $82,629 |
| Hopewell Township | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 28 min | $75,515 |
| Southampton Township | 4% | A− | C− | 28 min | $80,357 |
| Fannett Township | under 2% | C | C− | 36 min | $65,653 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lurgan 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 Lurgan Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lurgan Township?
$88,333 (±$11,012) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lurgan Township?
9.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lurgan Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lurgan Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chambersburg (14%, 13 mi), Greene Township (7%, 12 mi), Shippensburg (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Lurgan Township walkable?
Lurgan Township is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lurgan Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lurgan Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lurgan 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.