Photo: Smallbones · Public domainWith 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Oliver Township works elsewhere
Employers in Oliver Township report 198 jobs for 867 working residents. Jobs and income earn Oliver Township B; getting around on foot earns it C. Only 2% work in Oliver Township itself; outside it, Harrisburg draws the most (8%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Oliver Township
Oliver Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Oliver Township is better than 60% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Oliver Township’s grade up ($91,250, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 44% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (6.5%) is left out: Oliver 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, Oliver Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
A workday in Oliver Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 846 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 177 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Oliver Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 Oliver Township: the destinations
Where Oliver Township clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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.
Oliver Township makes things: 28% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oliver Township, 2013 → 2023: 154 → 198. 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 Oliver Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way for Oliver Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oliver Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 776 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Oliver Township
About 20% 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.
In Oliver Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Oliver Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Oliver 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 900 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). 2.0% of Oliver Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Oliver Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Oliver Township is 1,584th among 5,148 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,800
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 26 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | Lowhill Township PA | 2,331 | $144K | 2.7% | 1.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,582 | Middlebury Township MI | 1,528 | $77K | 7.7% | 6.8% | 1% | B |
| 1,583 | South Bristol NY | 1,630 | $97K | 6.5% | 2.7% | 6% | B |
| 1,584 | Oliver Township PA | 2,097 | $91K | 8.7% | 6.5% | 2% | B |
| 1,585 | Sullivan WI | 2,318 | $86K | 6.7% | 6.6% | 1% | B |
| 1,586 | Mountain View Ranches AZ | 1,984 | $116K | 2.1% | 6.7% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,148 | 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 Oliver Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns around Oliver Township
The biggest share goes to Newport (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oliver Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Township | – | B | C | 28 min | $91,250 |
| Newport | 6% | C+ | A | 36 min | $62,944 |
| Miller Township | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Howe Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Greenwood Township | under 3% | B+ | C− | 34 min | $90,250 |
| Tuscarora Township | under 3% | C+ | D− | 29 min | $84,323 |
| Centre Township | under 3% | A− | D | 36 min | $90,243 |
| Juniata Township | under 3% | B+ | C+ | 38 min | $91,522 |
Same-state neighbors only. Miller Township and Howe Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Oliver 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 Oliver Township: questions
What is the median household income in Oliver Township?
$91,250 (±$15,940) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oliver Township?
8.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oliver Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oliver Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harrisburg (8%, 20 mi), Newport (6%, 1 mi), Hampden Township (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Oliver Township walkable?
Oliver Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oliver Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oliver Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oliver 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.