Photo: Smallbones · CC BY-SA 3.0Mount Joy Township has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Mount Joy Township grades A for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Employers in Mount Joy Township report 3,024 jobs, against 5,487 working residents. Household incomes here are higher than in 75% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs & income in Mount Joy Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mount Joy Township is better than 94% of U.S. towns, #85 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.4%, U.S. 12.5%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($97,926, U.S. $80,734). 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, Mount Joy Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
How a workday changes Mount Joy Township
On a workday 5,173 residents head out to work, 314 work right here, and 2,710 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,400 people are in Mount Joy Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
9% of working residents work in Derry Township
Where Mount Joy Township clocks in
9% 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.
What Mount Joy Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Joy Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,192 → 3,024. 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 Mount Joy Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Mount Joy Township takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Joy Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,235 commuters (the 9% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Mount Joy Township
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.
Mount Joy Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mount Joy Township is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns, #645 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Mount Joy 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 5,775 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). 6.2% of Mount Joy Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mount Joy Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Mount Joy Township is 233rd of 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | 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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| 24 | Lower Moreland Township PA | 14,116 | $154K | 2.6% | 2.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Skippack Township PA | 14,502 | $148K | 2.5% | 2.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 231 | Millbury MA | 14,276 | $119K | 5.0% | 2.4% | 8% | A |
| 232 | Courtland Township MI | 9,321 | $107K | 3.4% | 1.5% | 3% | A |
| 233 | Mount Joy Township PA | 10,815 | $98K | 3.4% | 1.8% | 6% | A |
| 234 | Richmond RI | 8,128 | $125K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 9% | A |
| 235 | Key Biscayne FL | 14,815 | $182K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Mount Joy Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
16% of Mount Joy Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to West Donegal Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Joy Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Joy Township | – | A | B− | 24 min | $97,926 |
| Rapho Township | 3% | A− | B− | 25 min | $86,716 |
| Conewago Township | under 3% | A− | C | 24 min | $108,083 |
| Elizabethtown | 5% | B+ | A | 22 min | $76,105 |
| Mount Joy | 2% | A− | A | 25 min | $90,061 |
| Londonderry Township | under 3% | A | B | 24 min | $91,905 |
| West Donegal Township | 6% | A− | C | 24 min | $90,461 |
| East Donegal Township | under 3% | A− | C | 24 min | $109,158 |
| South Londonderry Township | under 3% | A | B+ | 22 min | $112,374 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mount Joy 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 Mount Joy Township: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Joy Township?
$97,926 (±$10,298) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Joy Township?
3.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Joy Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Joy Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Derry Township (9%, 9 mi), West Donegal Township (6%, 4 mi), Lancaster (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mount Joy Township walkable?
Mount Joy Township is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mount Joy Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Joy Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Joy 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.