Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0Fewer people are out of work in Moore Township (0.6%) than in 97% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are higher than in 79% of U.S. towns. Moore Township grades A for jobs and income and D for walkability. Only 5% work in Moore Township; the top destination outside it is Bethlehem (8%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Moore Township apart on work
Moore Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Moore Township went from 690 in 2013 to 1,241 in 2023, +80%. The jobs ↓
No single place dominates Moore Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Bethlehem, gets only 8% of working residents, and 61% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Moore Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Moore Township makes and builds things
39% of the jobs based in Moore Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Moore Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Moore Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Moore Township is better than 92% of U.S. towns, #128 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 70% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Moore Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
In Moore Township, 39% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
1,241 jobs are based in Moore Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moore Township, 2013 → 2023: 690 → 1,241. 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 Moore Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Moore Township’s working residents head each day
Where Moore Township clocks in
8% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Moore Township
On a workday 4,478 residents head out to work, 243 work right here, and 998 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,000 people are in Moore Township on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.26 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Getting to work from Moore Township takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Moore Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,394 commuters (the 11% 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.
Half of Moore Township commutes less than 12 miles
About 16% 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.
In Moore Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Moore Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns, #967 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Moore 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 4,934 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). 2.8% of Moore Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Moore Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Moore Township places 343rd of 2,764 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 6,700 to 12,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 13 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 341 | Kennett Township PA | 9,253 | $151K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 9% | A |
| 342 | South Heidelberg Township PA | 7,942 | $111K | 7.0% | 1.2% | 3% | A |
| 343 | Moore Township PA | 9,508 | $103K | 5.9% | 0.6% | 5% | A |
| 344 | Mack OH | 11,516 | $122K | 5.2% | 2.6% | 2% | A |
| 345 | Pea Ridge AR | 11,233 | $96K | 3.2% | 1.3% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,764 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Moore Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Moore Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Moore Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moore Township | – | A | D | 27 min | $102,789 |
| Bushkill Township | under 3% | A | D | 29 min | $120,522 |
| Eldred Township | under 3% | B | C+ | 34 min | $70,526 |
| East Allen Township | under 3% | A− | C− | 26 min | $98,191 |
| Upper Nazareth Township | under 3% | A+ | C | 25 min | $121,969 |
| Lehigh Township | under 3% | A− | D | 29 min | $89,741 |
| Lower Towamensing Township | under 3% | B | C+ | 35 min | $68,789 |
| Allen Township | under 3% | A+ | C− | 27 min | $102,865 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Moore 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 Moore Township: questions
What is the median household income in Moore Township?
$102,789 (±$19,547) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Moore Township?
5.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Moore Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Moore Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bethlehem (8%, 11 mi), Allentown (6%, 13 mi), Hanover Township (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Moore Township walkable?
Moore Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Moore Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Moore Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moore 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.