Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in Mahanoy Township have lower incomes than those in 75% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Mahanoy Township is better than 24% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (C−). Home is the office for 2% of workers, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Only 3% work in Mahanoy Township itself; outside it, Philadelphia draws the most (6%, 77 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Mahanoy Township and work: the main findings
The jobs in Mahanoy Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
91% of the jobs based in Mahanoy Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 63% of the jobs Mahanoy Township residents hold. 98% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Mahanoy Township. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
37% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Few Mahanoy Township workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 818 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Mahanoy Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
The poverty rate holds Mahanoy Township’s grade up (11.7%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($59,474, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (15.3%) is left out: Mahanoy 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, Mahanoy Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
91% of the jobs in Mahanoy Township pay over $3,333 a month
1,197 jobs are based in Mahanoy Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mahanoy Township, 2014 → 2024: 921 → 1,197. 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 Mahanoy Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Mahanoy Township
About 37% 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.
Mahanoy Township’s commute takes 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 Mahanoy Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 328 commuters (the 2% 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.
Mahanoy Township fills up on a workday
On a workday 795 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 1,174 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,400 people are in Mahanoy Township on a workday afternoon, 13% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Mahanoy Township work
Where Mahanoy Township clocks in
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.
In Mahanoy Township, most people drive to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 335 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). 8.5% of Mahanoy Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mahanoy Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mahanoy Township is 3,607th of 4,771 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100 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 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | West Pikeland Township PA | 4,045 | $226K | 0.9% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,605 | Benton City WA | 4,019 | $64K | 11.3% | 7.6% | 6% | C− |
| 3,606 | Vernon Township IN | 3,436 | $65K | 21.8% | 5.7% | 12% | C− |
| 3,607 | Mahanoy Township PA | 3,022 | $59K | 11.7% | 15.3% | 3% | C− |
| 3,608 | Buena Vista CO | 3,248 | $78K | 7.3% | 12.4% | 30% | C− |
| 3,609 | Neodesha KS | 2,188 | $51K | 16.5% | 3.0% | 35% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Mahanoy Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Mahanoy Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mahanoy Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahanoy Township | – | C− | C− | 29 min | $59,474 |
| East Union Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 33 min | $80,982 |
| Ryan Township | under 2% | B | D | 28 min | $91,176 |
| West Mahanoy Township | under 2% | C− | C− | 22 min | $85,471 |
| Shenandoah | under 2% | D | A− | 30 min | $45,294 |
| Delano Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Delano Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mahanoy 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 Mahanoy Township: questions
What is the median household income in Mahanoy Township?
$59,474 (±$4,389) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mahanoy Township?
11.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mahanoy Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mahanoy Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (6%, 77 mi), Hazle Township (4%, 12 mi), Pottsville (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Mahanoy Township walkable?
Mahanoy Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mahanoy Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mahanoy Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mahanoy 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.