Benjamin Evans House · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Nescopeck Township works elsewhere
There are 93 jobs in Nescopeck Township; 496 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Nescopeck Township are B+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Only 1% stay in Nescopeck Township for work; outside it, Berwick is the main destination (12%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Nescopeck Township, in a few figures
Nescopeck Township is a place people come home to
There are 93 jobs based in Nescopeck Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Nescopeck Township has about 720 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Nescopeck Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 496 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Nescopeck Township
On income, poverty and job access, Nescopeck Township is better than 69% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Nescopeck Township’s grade up (5.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 46% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (6.7%) is left out: Nescopeck Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Nescopeck Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Who commutes out of Nescopeck Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 491 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in Nescopeck Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 2024, primary jobs.
About 31 minutes to work from Nescopeck Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nescopeck Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 515 commuters (the 14% 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.
The places Nescopeck Township commutes to
Where Nescopeck Township clocks in
12% of workers
5% 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.
Nescopeck Township makes things: 39% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nescopeck Township, 2014 → 2024: 88 → 93. 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 Nescopeck Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Nescopeck Township
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.
Most of Nescopeck Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Nescopeck Township is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 3.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 599 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). 0.6% of Nescopeck Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Nescopeck Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Nescopeck Township ranks 630th of 3,771 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 628 | Millersport OH | 1,008 | $81K | 8.8% | 14.5% | 3% | B+ |
| 629 | Botkins OH | 1,133 | $80K | 3.7% | 2.9% | 8% | B+ |
| 630 | Nescopeck Township PA | 1,124 | $86K | 5.2% | 6.7% | 1% | B+ |
| 631 | Black Brook WI | 1,471 | $103K | 3.8% | 3.3% | 1% | B+ |
| 632 | Capron IL | 1,407 | $90K | 8.9% | 8.3% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Nescopeck Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Around Nescopeck Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Salem Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Nescopeck Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nescopeck Township | – | B+ | C+ | 31 min | $85,789 |
| Salem Township | 5% | B+ | C | 29 min | $78,560 |
| Hollenback Township | under 3% | A− | D− | 30 min | $88,903 |
| Nescopeck | under 3% | C+ | A− | 23 min | $62,833 |
| Conyngham Township | under 3% | C | C+ | 34 min | $60,265 |
| Sugarloaf Township | under 3% | A− | B+ | 27 min | $102,955 |
| Black Creek Township | under 3% | A− | C | 27 min | $90,368 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Nescopeck 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 Nescopeck Township: questions
What is the median household income in Nescopeck Township?
$85,789 (±$18,725) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nescopeck Township?
5.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nescopeck Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nescopeck Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Berwick (12%, 5 mi), Salem Township (5%, 5 mi), Mahoning Township (5%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Nescopeck Township walkable?
Nescopeck Township is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Nescopeck 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 Nescopeck Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nescopeck 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.