Photo: Smallbones · CC BY-SA 3.0Newberry Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Jobs and income earn Newberry Township A−; getting around on foot earns it C−. Employers in Newberry Township report 2,954 jobs, against 7,658 working residents. Only 5% work in Newberry Township itself; outside it, Harrisburg draws the most (8%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Newberry Township: the gist
No single place dominates Newberry Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Harrisburg, gets only 8% of working residents, and 58% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Newberry Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
41% of the jobs in Newberry Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 24% of the jobs its residents hold. 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.
Jobs & income in Newberry Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Newberry Township is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #308 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 79% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Newberry Township could be anywhere from B to A+.
Where people from Newberry Township work
Where Newberry Township clocks in
8% 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.
The kinds of work in Newberry Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newberry Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,503 → 2,954. 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 Newberry Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Newberry Township by day and by night
On a workday 7,294 residents head out to work, 364 work right here, and 2,590 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Newberry 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.
About 24 minutes each way for Newberry Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newberry Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,967 commuters (the 15% 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 distance from Newberry Township to work
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.
Newberry Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Newberry Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns, #932 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Newberry 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 8,176 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 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 44% 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). 4.8% of Newberry Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Newberry Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Newberry Township places 732nd of 2,220 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 11,000 to 22,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
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| 15 | Lower Moreland Township PA | 14,116 | $154K | 2.6% | 2.0% | 6% | A+ |
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| 26 | West Whiteland Township PA | 20,826 | $133K | 3.0% | 1.7% | 7% | A+ |
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| 34 | Skippack Township PA | 14,502 | $148K | 2.5% | 2.4% | 5% | A+ |
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| 730 | Foxborough MA | 18,934 | $116K | 5.7% | 5.8% | 10% | A− |
| 731 | New Garden Township PA | 11,469 | $121K | 9.1% | 2.5% | 11% | A− |
| 732 | Newberry Township PA | 16,377 | $95K | 5.8% | 4.0% | 5% | A− |
| 733 | La Crescenta-Montrose CA | 19,660 | $130K | 5.1% | 8.1% | 4% | A− |
| 734 | Yorktown IN | 11,947 | $82K | 4.8% | 2.1% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,220 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Newberry Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Newberry Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Newberry Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newberry Township | – | A− | C− | 24 min | $95,357 |
| Conewago Township | under 3% | B+ | D | 28 min | $97,244 |
| Warrington Township | under 3% | A | D | 27 min | $77,763 |
| Londonderry Township | under 3% | A | B | 24 min | $91,905 |
| Fairview Township | 5% | A | C− | 22 min | $106,223 |
| East Manchester Township | under 3% | A− | C+ | 24 min | $101,635 |
| Goldsboro | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Lewisberry | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| York Haven | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Lower Swatara Township | under 3% | A− | B+ | 22 min | $87,163 |
Same-state neighbors only. Goldsboro, Lewisberry and York Haven: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fairview Township. Darker towns draw more of Newberry 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 Newberry Township: questions
What is the median household income in Newberry Township?
$95,357 (±$10,573) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newberry Township?
5.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newberry Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newberry Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harrisburg (8%, 11 mi), Fairview Township (5%, 4 mi), Lower Allen Township (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Newberry Township walkable?
Newberry Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Newberry Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Newberry Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Newberry 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.