Photo: Ruhrfisch · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Moreland Township works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Moreland Township; the top destination outside it is Muncy Township (7%, 9 miles). There are 40 jobs in Moreland Township, and 428 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Moreland Township are B− for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Moreland Township and work: the main findings
The figures behind Moreland Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Moreland Township is better than 48% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Moreland Township’s grade up ($95,147, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 32% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.2%) is left out: Moreland 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, Moreland Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
A workday in Moreland Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 424 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.
About 640 people are in Moreland 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.
Commuting out of Moreland Township: the destinations
Where Moreland Township clocks in
7% of workers
7% 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.
Goods, not services: 53% of the jobs in Moreland Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moreland Township, 2013 → 2023: 128 → 40. 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 Moreland Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way, about the PA average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Moreland Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 498 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.
How far Moreland Township’s workers travel
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Moreland Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Moreland Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 3.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 559 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 Moreland Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Moreland Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,102nd of 3,133: where Moreland Township ranks among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,100 | Boronda CA | 1,351 | $63K | 10.9% | 0.7% | 1% | B− |
| 1,101 | Montezuma NY | 1,151 | $73K | 9.8% | 1.3% | 2% | B− |
| 1,102 | Moreland Township PA | 1,031 | $95K | 12.0% | 4.2% | 1% | B− |
| 1,103 | Upper Lake CA | 1,374 | $110K | 10.5% | 2.2% | 14% | B− |
| 1,104 | Passapatanzy VA | 1,259 | $126K | 25.7% | 6.0% | <1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Moreland Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door to Moreland Township
The biggest share goes to Muncy Creek Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Moreland Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moreland Township | – | B− | D | 26 min | $95,147 |
| Muncy Creek Township | 4% | B− | C+ | 18 min | $75,882 |
| Franklin Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Wolf Township | 3% | C | D | 22 min | $71,492 |
| Penn Township | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Franklin Township and Penn Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Moreland 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 Moreland Township: questions
What is the median household income in Moreland Township?
$95,147 (±$19,413) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Moreland Township?
12.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Moreland Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Moreland Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Muncy Township (7%, 9 mi), Williamsport (7%, 20 mi), Loyalsock Township (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Moreland Township walkable?
Moreland Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Moreland 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 Moreland Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moreland 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.