Photo: Jakec · CC BY-SA 4.0A job hub: Monroe Township has 2.1 jobs per working resident, and 3,812 people come in to work
About one in ten work in Monroe Township; the top destination outside it is Penn Township (6%, 4 miles). Monroe Township has 3,972 jobs, against 1,873 working residents. For jobs and income Monroe Township is better than 75% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (B−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Monroe Township: the gist
Monroe Township is where the jobs are
Monroe Township has 3,972 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 6,300 people are in town, 50% more than the 4,200 who live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Monroe Township
63% of Monroe Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 42% of the jobs based in Monroe Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 91% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
34% of the jobs based in Monroe Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 17% of Monroe Township’s own working residents. 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Monroe Township
The poverty rate holds Monroe Township’s grade up (2.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 47% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Monroe Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
The daily commute in and out of Monroe Township
On a workday 1,713 residents head out to work and 160 work right here.
About 6,300 people are in Monroe Township on a workday afternoon, 50% 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.
The kinds of work in Monroe Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monroe Township, 2014 → 2024: 3,639 → 3,972. 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.
Where Monroe Township’s workforce comes from
Where Monroe Township clocks in
6% of workers
6% 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.
Monroe Township’s commute takes 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 Monroe Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,766 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.
How far it is to work from Monroe Township
About 18% 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.
For most of Monroe Township, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% 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 1,963 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). 0.7% of Monroe Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Monroe Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,700, Monroe Township ranks 986th of 3,962 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 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 22 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 27 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 984 | New Hope MS | 3,952 | $80K | 2.9% | 1.2% | 2% | A− |
| 985 | West Township IN | 3,773 | $89K | 5.6% | 0.9% | 4% | A− |
| 986 | Monroe Township PA | 4,229 | $90K | 2.9% | 3.6% | 9% | A− |
| 987 | Reserve Township PA | 3,122 | $82K | 4.8% | 5.3% | 2% | A− |
| 988 | Paloma Creek TX | 3,016 | $92K | 11.4% | 3.3% | <1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,962 | 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 Monroe Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Monroe Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Monroe Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Township | – | A− | B− | 27 min | $90,417 |
| Union Township | under 3% | A− | D | 23 min | $89,250 |
| Penn Township | 6% | B− | C | 17 min | $61,479 |
| Upper Augusta Township | under 3% | B+ | C+ | 25 min | $68,750 |
| Jackson Township | under 3% | C+ | C | 22 min | $72,171 |
| Shamokin Dam | 3% | B | B− | 23 min | $69,063 |
| Kratzerville | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Winfield | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Point Township | under 3% | B− | B | 20 min | $70,694 |
| Lower Augusta Township | under 3% | B− | C− | 28 min | $74,688 |
Same-state neighbors only. Kratzerville and Winfield: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Penn Township. 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?
$90,417 (±$18,362) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Monroe Township?
2.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Monroe 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 Monroe Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Penn Township (6%, 4 mi), Mahoning Township (6%, 15 mi), Selinsgrove (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Monroe Township walkable?
Monroe Township is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Monroe Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% 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.