Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Napier Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Only 4% stay in Napier Township for work; outside it, Bedford Township is the main destination (20%, 8 miles). 256 jobs are based in Napier Township; 855 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Napier Township is better than 40% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Napier Township
Napier Township and Bedford Township trade workers both ways
Bedford Township is the top workplace for Napier Township residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Napier Township come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Napier Township is a place people come home to
There are 256 jobs based in Napier Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Napier Township has about 1,400 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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; with 855 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Napier Township earns its Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Napier Township’s grade up (2.3%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 19% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Napier Township could be anywhere from D to B.
The towns that employ Napier Township’s residents
Where Napier Township clocks in
20% of workers
4% 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.
Who commutes out of Napier Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 822 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 223 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Napier Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
What Napier Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Napier Township, 2013 → 2023: 172 → 256. 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 Napier Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Napier Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Napier Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 972 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.
How far Napier Township goes to work
About 27% 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.
Getting around Napier Township: mostly by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,069 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). 1.1% of Napier Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Napier Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,793 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,800, Napier Township comes 2,974th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 31 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | West Conshohocken PA | 1,498 | $139K | 5.0% | 1.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,972 | Fenner NY | 1,610 | $78K | 11.5% | 4.4% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,973 | Todd Township PA | 1,617 | $74K | 7.9% | 3.5% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,974 | Napier Township PA | 2,042 | $62K | 11.1% | 2.3% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,975 | Porter Township PA | 2,188 | $73K | 7.2% | 5.3% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,976 | Oakland IA | 1,489 | $81K | 14.3% | 0.0% | 22% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,793 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Napier Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
26% of Napier Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Napier Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Napier Township | – | C+ | C | 29 min | $61,656 |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Bedford Township | 20% | C+ | C | 20 min | $61,136 |
| Juniata Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Manns Choice | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| East St. Clair Township | 4% | C− | C+ | 24 min | $41,993 |
| West St. Clair Township | 2% | C− | C− | 26 min | $53,370 |
| Ogle Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Shade Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 31 min | $66,774 |
Same-state neighbors only. Harrison Township, Juniata Township, Manns Choice and Ogle Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bedford Township. Darker towns draw more of Napier 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 Napier Township: questions
What is the median household income in Napier Township?
$61,656 (±$8,799) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Napier Township?
11.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Napier Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Napier Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bedford Township (20%, 8 mi), Bedford (4%, 9 mi), East St. Clair Township (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Napier Township walkable?
Napier Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Napier 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 Napier Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Napier 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.