Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMonroe Township has 3.1 jobs for every working resident: 1,691 people commute in to work
The two grades for Monroe Township are C− for jobs and income and B for walkability. There are 1,756 jobs in Monroe Township, and 566 of its residents work somewhere. About one in ten work in Monroe Township itself; outside it, Clarion draws the most (7%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Monroe Township
Monroe Township has far more jobs than workers
Monroe Township has 1,756 jobs, 3.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,700 people are in town, 81% more than the 1,500 who live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Monroe Township
61% of Monroe Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 40% of the jobs based in Monroe Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 89% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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; with 566 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Monroe Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Monroe Township is better than 24% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Monroe Township’s grade.
Unemployment (1.4%) is left out: Monroe Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Monroe Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
The daily commute in and out of Monroe Township
On a workday 501 residents head out to work and 65 work right here.
About 2,700 people are in Monroe Township on a workday afternoon, 81% more 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.
What Monroe Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monroe Township, 2014 → 2024: 1,934 → 1,756. 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 Monroe Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip into Monroe Township
Where Monroe Township clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
Monroe Township’s commute takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Monroe Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 534 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 Monroe Township goes to work
About 25% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Monroe Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Monroe Township is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Monroe 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 633 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). 2.4% of Monroe Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Monroe Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Monroe Township is 4,106th among 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,104 | Horton Township PA | 1,309 | $54K | 7.4% | 1.3% | 2% | C− |
| 4,105 | Jones Township PA | 1,530 | $68K | 10.8% | 3.6% | 8% | C− |
| 4,106 | Monroe Township PA | 1,469 | $67K | 14.9% | 1.4% | 11% | C− |
| 4,107 | Flat Rock NC | 1,062 | $42K | 11.9% | 3.9% | 2% | C− |
| 4,108 | Lake Brownwood TX | 1,544 | $70K | 12.2% | 7.3% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Monroe Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
10% of Monroe Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Paint Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Monroe Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Township | – | C− | B | 25 min | $67,067 |
| Paint Township | 6% | C+ | B+ | 21 min | $62,083 |
| Piney Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Clarion Township | 4% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Limestone Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 35 min | $74,485 |
| Porter Township | under 2% | D | D | 31 min | $70,156 |
Same-state neighbors only. Piney Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Clarion Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Monroe 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 Monroe Township: questions
What is the median household income in Monroe Township?
$67,067 (±$7,228) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Monroe Township?
14.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Monroe 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 Monroe Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clarion (7%, 5 mi), Paint Township (6%, 7 mi), New Bethlehem (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Monroe Township walkable?
Monroe Township is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Monroe Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Monroe Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Monroe 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.