Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0Manor Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
The two grades for Manor Township are A− for jobs and income and C for walkability. There are 4,382 jobs in Manor Township for 10,412 working residents. Only 6% work in Manor Township; the top destination outside it is Lancaster (13%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Manor Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Manor Township is better than 79% of U.S. towns, #324 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 78% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Manor Township could be anywhere from B to A.
A workday in Manor Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 9,784 residents head out to work, 628 work right here, and 3,754 people come in from elsewhere.
About 16,000 people are in Manor Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 Manor Township work
Where Manor Township clocks in
11% of workers
8% 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 kinds of work in Manor Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Manor Township, 2013 → 2023: 4,151 → 4,382. 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 Manor Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Manor Township, about 25 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Manor Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11,382 commuters (the 8% 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.
Where in the region Manor Township works
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.
Few in Manor Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Manor Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns, #773 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Manor Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 12,386 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.3% of Manor Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Manor Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Manor Township ranks: 670th of 1,847 U.S. towns of 15,000 to 30,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Wolf Trap VA | 15,858 | $250K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 7 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
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| 13 | West Whiteland Township PA | 20,826 | $133K | 3.0% | 1.7% | 7% | A+ |
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| 34 | South Fayette Township PA | 18,648 | $124K | 3.6% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
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| 668 | Manassas Park VA | 16,560 | $103K | 5.1% | 5.5% | 5% | A− |
| 669 | Sandwich MA | 20,575 | $122K | 7.0% | 2.7% | 20% | A− |
| 670 | Manor Township PA | 21,969 | $90K | 6.6% | 3.5% | 6% | A− |
| 671 | Lake in the Hills IL | 28,590 | $117K | 4.1% | 5.9% | 3% | A− |
| 672 | Maple Valley WA | 28,482 | $153K | 4.8% | 4.8% | 8% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,847 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Manor Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns next door employ 16% of Manor Township
The biggest share goes to East Hempfield Township (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Manor Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manor Township | – | A− | C | 25 min | $89,917 |
| Lower Windsor Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 29 min | $87,090 |
| Conestoga Township | under 2% | A− | C | 31 min | $93,152 |
| Chanceford Township | under 2% | A− | D | 35 min | $94,424 |
| Lancaster Township | under 2% | B+ | B | 24 min | $88,912 |
| Millersville | 2% | C+ | A− | 20 min | $67,866 |
| West Hempfield Township | 3% | A | C+ | 25 min | $98,099 |
| Pequea Township | under 2% | A+ | C− | 27 min | $109,447 |
| East Hempfield Township | 11% | A | B− | 20 min | $99,384 |
| Mountville | under 2% | A− | B+ | 31 min | $97,206 |
| Hellam Township | under 2% | A | C− | 30 min | $94,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Manor 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 Manor Township: questions
What is the median household income in Manor Township?
$89,917 (±$5,815) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Manor Township?
6.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Manor Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Manor Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lancaster (13%, 7 mi), East Hempfield Township (11%, 7 mi), Manheim Township (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Manor Township walkable?
Manor Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Manor Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Manor Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Manor 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.