Menno Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Menno Township C−; getting around on foot earns it C+. 270 jobs are based in Menno Township; 595 of its residents have a job. Working residents average 27 minutes each way, about the same as across Pennsylvania.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Menno Township, in a few figures
Menno Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Menno Township is better than 16% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Menno Township’s grade up ($72,639, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 14% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.3%) is left out: Menno Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Menno Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
24% of working residents work in Union Township
Where Menno Township clocks in
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.
The daily commute in and out of Menno Township
On a workday 554 residents head out to work, 41 work right here, and 229 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Menno Township on a workday afternoon, 16% 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.
In Menno Township, 79% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Menno Township, 2013 → 2023: 262 → 270. 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 Menno Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Menno Township: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Menno Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 690 commuters (the 10% 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.
Miles to work from Menno Township
About 26% 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.
Getting around Menno Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Menno Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 3.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 767 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). 39.7% of Menno Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Menno Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
4,267th of 5,509: where Menno Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 31 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | West Conshohocken PA | 1,498 | $139K | 5.0% | 1.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,265 | Chilhowie VA | 1,599 | $51K | 13.1% | 1.7% | 9% | C− |
| 4,266 | Lawrence Township PA | 1,618 | $60K | 15.9% | 6.9% | 7% | C− |
| 4,267 | Menno Township PA | 2,035 | $73K | 19.0% | 1.3% | 7% | C− |
| 4,268 | Mount Carroll IL | 1,432 | $59K | 14.1% | 3.2% | 14% | C− |
| 4,269 | Carrier Mills Township IL | 2,221 | $53K | 20.3% | 4.2% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Menno Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Menno Township and its neighbors: 24% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Menno Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menno Township | – | C− | C+ | 27 min | $72,639 |
| Oliver Township | under 2% | C | C | 29 min | $62,895 |
| Miller Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Union Township | 24% | B− | B− | 19 min | $64,615 |
Same-state neighbors only. Miller Township and Jackson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Union Township. Darker towns draw more of Menno 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 Menno Township: questions
What is the median household income in Menno Township?
$72,639 (±$11,473) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Menno Township?
19.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Menno Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Menno Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Union Township (24%, 6 mi), Brown Township (7%, 11 mi), Derry Township (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Menno Township walkable?
Menno Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Menno Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 40% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Menno Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Menno 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.