Photo: User:Smallbones on English Wikipedia. · Public domainMarple Township has higher household incomes than 90% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 5.3% (Pennsylvania 11.7%). Jobs and income earn Marple Township A; getting around on foot earns it A−. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 6.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 37.7 in Philadelphia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Marple Township
Marple Township trades workers with the towns around it
Marple Township has about as many jobs (10,025) as working residents (11,288), but they are mostly different people: 10,493 residents leave for work each day while 9,230 people come in. Only 8% of the jobs in Marple Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Marple Township and Philadelphia trade workers both ways
Philadelphia is the top workplace for Marple Township residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Marple Township come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Marple Township residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 6% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Marple Township draws workers from far and wide
The 10,025 jobs in Marple Township are filled from a wide area. Marple Township’s own residents hold 8% and the ten next-biggest home towns 37%; the other 55% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Why Marple Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 94% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.1%, 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, Marple Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
A workday in Marple Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 10,493 residents head out to work, 795 work right here, and 9,230 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
19% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Marple Township clocks in
19% of workers
5% 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.
Half of Marple Township commutes less than 9 miles
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.
The 10,025 jobs based in Marple Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marple Township, 2013 → 2023: 10,501 → 10,025. 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 Marple Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes to work from Marple Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marple Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,429 commuters (the 21% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Marple Township
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Marple Township is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns, #301 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 11,984 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 71% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 26% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 6.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 89% 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). 3.3% of Marple Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Marple Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Marple Township places 281st of 1,642 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 17,000 to 33,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 5 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
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| 11 | West Whiteland Township PA | 20,826 | $133K | 3.0% | 1.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | South Fayette Township PA | 18,648 | $124K | 3.6% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 279 | Milford Township MI | 18,008 | $110K | 5.3% | 3.1% | 9% | A |
| 280 | East Hempfield Township PA | 27,287 | $99K | 5.2% | 2.6% | 15% | A |
| 281 | Marple Township PA | 24,323 | $124K | 5.3% | 4.1% | 7% | A |
| 282 | West Hempfield Township PA | 17,162 | $98K | 5.6% | 2.2% | 6% | A |
| 283 | Los Gatos CA | 32,576 | $218K | 4.2% | 5.0% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,642 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Marple Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
11% of Marple Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Newtown Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marple Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marple Township | – | A | A− | 27 min | $123,844 |
| Haverford Township | 3% | A | A+ | 27 min | $131,674 |
| Upper Providence Township | under 2% | A | A | 28 min | $150,563 |
| Springfield Township | under 2% | A+ | A | 28 min | $138,205 |
| Newtown Township | 5% | A+ | A− | 25 min | $121,350 |
| Radnor Township | 3% | A− | A+ | 24 min | $164,359 |
| Nether Providence Township | under 2% | A | A | 31 min | $150,950 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Marple 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 Marple Township: questions
What is the median household income in Marple Township?
$123,844 (±$12,486) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marple Township?
5.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marple Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marple Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (19%, 13 mi), Newtown Township (5%, 3 mi), Lower Merion Township (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Marple Township walkable?
Marple Township is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 11.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marple Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 26% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marple Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marple 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.