Parkside has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 2.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 37.7 in Philadelphia. 157 jobs are based in Parkside for 1,098 working residents. For jobs and income Parkside is better than 87% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (A+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Parkside, in brief
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Parkside
Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 94% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (7.7%, U.S. 12.5%). 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, Parkside could be anywhere from B to A+.
A workday in Parkside: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,075 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 134 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Parkside on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
19% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Parkside clocks in
19% 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.
Most jobs in Parkside are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Parkside, 2013 → 2023: 127 → 157. 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 Parkside’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Parkside takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Parkside workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,153 commuters (the 16% 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 Parkside 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Parkside
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,371 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 71% 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). 4.9% of Parkside households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Parkside’s commuters take a bus or train.
Parkside is 460th of 5,328 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 27 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 458 | Liverpool NY | 2,231 | $87K | 6.3% | 2.0% | 5% | A |
| 459 | Oyster Bay Cove NY | 2,288 | $250K | 6.3% | 5.3% | 1% | A |
| 460 | Parkside PA | 2,320 | $94K | 7.7% | 2.7% | 2% | A |
| 461 | Frankenmuth Township MI | 1,872 | $102K | 5.5% | 1.5% | 1% | A |
| 462 | Montgomery Township OH | 2,806 | $100K | 4.1% | 1.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | 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 Parkside, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Parkside and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Chester (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Parkside workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parkside | – | A | A+ | 23 min | $93,929 |
| Brookhaven | 2% | A | A− | 27 min | $91,042 |
| Chester | 3% | C− | A+ | 23 min | $41,342 |
| Upland | under 3% | B− | A+ | 19 min | $61,553 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Parkside’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 Parkside: questions
What is the median household income in Parkside?
$93,929 (±$11,431) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Parkside?
7.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Parkside?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Parkside work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (19%, 16 mi), Aston Township (4%, 3 mi), Middletown Township (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Parkside walkable?
Parkside is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 15.3 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Parkside without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Parkside, from the people who make the trip.
More of Parkside
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.