Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Madison Township works elsewhere
Only 2% stay in Madison Township for work; outside it, Butler Township is the main destination (6%, 24 miles). Madison Township has 84 jobs, against 425 working residents. The two grades for Madison Township are C− for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Madison Township, in a few figures
Madison Township is a place people come home to
There are 84 jobs based in Madison Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Madison Township has about 790 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Madison Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 425 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Madison Township
On income, poverty and job access, Madison Township is better than 21% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Madison Township’s grade up ($68,409, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.6%) is left out: Madison 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, Madison Township could be anywhere from D to C.
Who works in Madison Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 415 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere.
About 790 people are in Madison Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
About 38 minutes each way for Madison Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Madison Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 345 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.
The places Madison Township commutes to
Where Madison Township clocks in
6% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Madison Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Madison Township, 2014 → 2024: 23 → 84. 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 Madison Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Madison Township
About 17% 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.
In Madison Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Madison Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 3.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 387 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). 2.6% of Madison Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Madison Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Madison Township next to U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500: 2,495th of 3,771 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 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,493 | Andes NY | 1,099 | $75K | 12.0% | 9.4% | 7% | C− |
| 2,494 | Angelica NY | 1,277 | $60K | 8.8% | 3.3% | 3% | C− |
| 2,495 | Madison Township PA | 1,133 | $68K | 12.1% | 3.6% | 2% | C− |
| 2,496 | Pawlet VT | 1,380 | $62K | 10.0% | 2.8% | 12% | C− |
| 2,497 | Lincolnville SC | 1,241 | $40K | 23.5% | 3.7% | 0% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Madison Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Madison Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Madison Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Township | – | C− | D | 38 min | $68,409 |
| Perry Township | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Rimersburg | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Bradys Bend Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Toby Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Washington Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Brady Township | under 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Porter Township | under 2% | D | D | 31 min | $70,156 |
Same-state neighbors only. Perry Township, Bradys Bend Township, Washington Township and Brady Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Rimersburg and Toby Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Madison 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 Madison Township: questions
What is the median household income in Madison Township?
$68,409 (±$5,837) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Madison Township?
12.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Madison Township?
38 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Madison Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Butler Township (6%, 24 mi), Butler (6%, 22 mi), East Brady (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Madison Township walkable?
Madison Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Madison Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Madison Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Madison 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.