Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Marlborough Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Marlborough Township grades A− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Employers in Marlborough Township report 483 jobs, against 1,636 working residents. Household incomes here are higher than in 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Marlborough Township: the gist
Marlborough Township makes and builds things
48% of the jobs based in Marlborough Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Marlborough Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Marlborough Township pay over $40,000 a year
77% of the jobs based in Marlborough Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Marlborough Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Marlborough Township is Philadelphia, 30 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (149) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Marlborough Township is a place people come home to
There are 483 jobs based in Marlborough Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Marlborough Township has about 2,400 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Marlborough Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Marlborough Township is better than 84% of U.S. towns, #238 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Marlborough Township’s grade up (ahead of 84% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Marlborough Township could be anywhere from B to A+.
Goods jobs make up 48% of work in Marlborough Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marlborough Township, 2014 → 2024: 449 → 483. 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 Marlborough Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Marlborough Township goes to work
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.
Marlborough Township by day and by night
On a workday 1,604 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 451 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Marlborough Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
9% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Marlborough Township clocks in
9% of workers
4% 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.
From Marlborough Township, about 29 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marlborough Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,706 commuters (the 9% 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.
Few in Marlborough Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Marlborough Township is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns, #753 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,867 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). 4.7% of Marlborough Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Marlborough Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Marlborough Township next to U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800: 631st of 4,355 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 21 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 26 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 4% | A+ |
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| 67 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
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| 629 | Pohatcong Township NJ | 3,578 | $104K | 6.0% | 2.9% | 4% | A− |
| 630 | Lake View AL | 3,969 | $101K | 4.2% | 3.2% | <1% | A− |
| 631 | Marlborough Township PA | 3,563 | $108K | 5.2% | 4.4% | 2% | A− |
| 632 | North El Monte CA | 4,086 | $99K | 8.0% | 3.7% | 2% | A− |
| 633 | McDonald OH | 3,096 | $82K | 6.7% | 1.4% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | 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 Marlborough Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Marlborough Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Upper Hanover Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marlborough Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlborough Township | – | A− | C+ | 29 min | $108,281 |
| Upper Frederick Township | under 2% | A | D− | 28 min | $108,219 |
| Green Lane | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Upper Salford Township | under 2% | A+ | C | 25 min | $138,600 |
| Salford Township | under 2% | A+ | C | 28 min | $125,658 |
| Upper Hanover Township | 3% | B+ | B− | 29 min | $111,643 |
| Milford Township | 2% | A+ | C | 28 min | $125,093 |
| Woxall | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| West Rockhill Township | 3% | A+ | C | 26 min | $104,354 |
Same-state neighbors only. Green Lane: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Woxall: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Marlborough 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 Marlborough Township: questions
What is the median household income in Marlborough Township?
$108,281 (±$19,734) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marlborough Township?
5.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marlborough Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marlborough Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (9%, 30 mi), Lower Salford Township (4%, 7 mi), Franconia Township (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Marlborough Township walkable?
Marlborough Township is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marlborough Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marlborough Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marlborough 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.