Gilbert Bridge · Photo: Delphinium1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Monaghan Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Employers in Monaghan Township report 271 jobs, against 1,343 working residents. The two grades for Monaghan Township are A for jobs and income and C for walkability. Measured by household income, Monaghan Township is ahead of 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Monaghan Township
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Monaghan Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Monaghan Township is better than 92% of U.S. towns, #116 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate is its strongest input (2.7%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Monaghan Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
In and out of Monaghan Township on a workday
On a workday 1,292 residents head out to work, 51 work right here, and 220 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Monaghan Township on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
8% of working residents work in Harrisburg
Where Monaghan Township clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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.
53% of the jobs in Monaghan Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monaghan Township, 2013 → 2023: 258 → 271. 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 Monaghan Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 25 minutes in Monaghan Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Monaghan Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,192 commuters (the 16% 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 Monaghan Township goes to work
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.
In Monaghan Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Monaghan Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns, #836 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,419 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). 0.0% of Monaghan Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Monaghan Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,703 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800, Monaghan Township comes 283rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 20 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 30 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
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| 65 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
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| 281 | Shelby Township IN | 2,533 | $95K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 1% | A |
| 282 | Bennington Township MI | 3,105 | $101K | 3.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| 283 | Monaghan Township PA | 2,817 | $111K | 2.7% | 3.0% | 4% | A |
| 284 | Dekorra WI | 2,485 | $122K | 5.5% | 0.5% | 2% | A |
| 285 | Highlands CA | 2,450 | $250K | 3.9% | 4.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Monaghan Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns next door employ 10% of Monaghan Township
The biggest share goes to Upper Allen Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Monaghan Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monaghan Township | – | A | C | 25 min | $111,304 |
| Fairview Township | under 3% | A | C− | 22 min | $106,223 |
| Upper Allen Township | 6% | A | A | 19 min | $99,197 |
| Messiah College | under 3% | — | — | 10 min | — |
| Carroll Township | 4% | A | B− | 27 min | $118,929 |
| Warrington Township | under 3% | A | D | 27 min | $77,763 |
Same-state neighbors only. Messiah College: 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 Monaghan 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 Monaghan Township: questions
What is the median household income in Monaghan Township?
$111,304 (±$15,414) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Monaghan Township?
2.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Monaghan Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Monaghan Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harrisburg (8%, 10 mi), Lower Allen Township (6%, 5 mi), Upper Allen Township (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Monaghan Township walkable?
Monaghan Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Monaghan Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Monaghan Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Monaghan 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.