Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0Main Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in Main Township report 71 jobs, against 603 working residents. For jobs and income Main Township is better than 35% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (D). Hardly any work in Main Township; the top destination outside it is Bloomsburg (12%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Main Township stands out on work
The figures behind Main Township’s Jobs & income grade
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Main Township’s grade.
Unemployment (8.4%) is left out: Main 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, Main Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
Main Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 600 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere.
About 760 people are in Main Township on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
Where people from Main Township work
Where Main Township clocks in
12% of workers
12% 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.
A place that makes things: 45% of Main Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Main Township, 2013 → 2023: 85 → 71. 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 Main Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Main Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Main Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 568 commuters (the 15% 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 Main Township goes to work
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.
For most of Main Township, work means a drive
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 671 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). 1.0% of Main Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Main Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700, Main Township comes 2,438th 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 9 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
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| 14 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 30 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 2,436 | Frankston TX | 1,133 | $57K | 9.5% | 4.2% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,437 | Wilmot Township PA | 1,135 | $85K | 9.4% | 7.6% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,438 | Main Township PA | 1,290 | $71K | 13.8% | 8.4% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,439 | Solomon KS | 1,007 | $51K | 5.9% | 2.6% | 11% | C+ |
| 2,440 | Highlands NC | 1,127 | $72K | 7.9% | 4.3% | 31% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Main Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work in the towns next to Main Township
The biggest share goes to Scott Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Main Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Township | – | C+ | D | 22 min | $70,893 |
| Catawissa Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Scott Township | 4% | B− | C+ | 20 min | $85,368 |
| Almedia | under 2% | — | — | 11 min | — |
| Roaring Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| South Centre Township | 3% | C− | C | 21 min | $65,045 |
| Beaver Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Espy | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Mifflin Township | under 2% | B | C+ | 24 min | $61,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Catawissa Township and Roaring Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Almedia and Espy: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Beaver Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Main 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 Main Township: questions
What is the median household income in Main Township?
$70,893 (±$13,066) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Main Township?
13.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Main Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Main Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bloomsburg (12%, 4 mi), Mahoning Township (12%, 12 mi), Hemlock Township (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Main Township walkable?
Main Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Main Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Main Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Main 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.