Photo: Frost Entomological Museum · CC BY 2.0Family incomes in Patton Township top those of 85% of U.S. towns
Only 8% work in Patton Township itself; outside it, College Township draws the most (32%, 6 miles). Without college students, the poverty rate is 6.3%; Pennsylvania has 11.1%. Jobs and income earn Patton Township A−; getting around on foot earns it A+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Patton Township: the gist
Patton Township trades workers with the towns around it
Patton Township has about as many jobs (5,596) as working residents (4,976), but they are mostly different people: 4,600 residents leave for work each day while 5,220 people come in. Only 7% of the jobs in Patton Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Patton Township works one town over
44% of working residents work in a town that borders Patton Township: College Township (32%), Ferguson Township (10%) and Benner Township (2%). Next door ↓
Patton Township draws workers from far and wide
The 5,596 jobs in Patton Township are filled from a wide area. Patton Township’s own residents hold 7% and the ten next-biggest home towns 25%; the other 68% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Patton Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
Most Patton Township residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Patton Township’s grade explained
On family income, poverty and job access, Patton Township is better than 79% of U.S. towns, #319 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Family income is its strongest input ($132,431, U.S. $99,999); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 52% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
25% of Patton Township’s residents are college students, and off-campus students count in the Census poverty figures. Where students are 15% or more of the people the Census checks for poverty (25% here), the grade uses the rate without them: 6.3%, against 18.3% for all residents. Unemployment (5.5%) is left out here: students looking for part-time work count as unemployed. Income is ranked as median family income ($132,431), since student households pull the household median down ($83,656).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for family income and poverty, Patton Township could be anywhere from B to A.
Patton Township by day and by night
On a workday 4,600 residents head out to work, 376 work right here, and 5,220 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Patton Township’s residents
Where Patton Township clocks in
32% of workers
12% of workers
10% 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.
About 18 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Patton Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,248 commuters (the 21% 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.
Half of Patton Township commutes less than 5 miles
About 24% 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.
What Patton Township’s employers do
5,596 jobs are based in Patton Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Patton Township, 2013 → 2023: 4,911 → 5,596. 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 Patton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Patton Township is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,956 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 90% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 86% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 11.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 95% 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). 9.0% of Patton Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 11% of Patton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
720th of 2,109: where Patton Township ranks among U.S. towns of 11,000 to 21,000
| # | 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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| 14 | Lower Moreland Township PA | 14,116 | $154K | 2.6% | 2.0% | 6% | A+ |
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| 25 | West Whiteland Township PA | 20,826 | $133K | 3.0% | 1.7% | 7% | A+ |
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| 31 | Skippack Township PA | 14,502 | $148K | 2.5% | 2.4% | 5% | A+ |
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| 718 | Middlesex NJ | 14,740 | $105K | 11.3% | 3.6% | 7% | A− |
| 719 | Royal Kunia HI | 13,555 | $135K | 4.7% | 6.2% | 1% | A− |
| 720 | Patton Township PA | 15,623 | $84K | 18.3% | 5.5% | 8% | A− |
| 721 | Stevenson Ranch CA | 20,990 | $158K | 4.2% | 9.1% | 3% | A− |
| 722 | Rossville MD | 16,059 | $90K | 7.7% | 3.8% | 5% | A− |
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| 2,109 | 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 Patton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Bordering towns draw 44% of Patton Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Patton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patton Township | – | A− | A+ | 18 min | $83,656 |
| Huston Township | under 1% | C | D | 26 min | $81,250 |
| Ferguson Township | 10% | B+ | A+ | 16 min | $85,935 |
| Halfmoon Township | under 1% | B+ | C+ | 25 min | $121,050 |
| College Township | 32% | A− | A+ | 16 min | $101,323 |
| Benner Township | 2% | B+ | C− | 24 min | $101,228 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to College Township. Darker towns draw more of Patton 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.
- Students. 25% of residents are college students; the poverty input leaves off-campus students out (above).
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Patton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Patton Township?
$83,656 (±$11,072) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Patton Township?
18.3% of residents live below the poverty line; leaving out college students, 6.3%. Pennsylvania: 11.7%.
How long is the commute from Patton Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Patton Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are College Township (32%, 6 mi), State College (12%, 4 mi), Ferguson Township (10%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Patton Township walkable?
Patton Township is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 12.4 out of 20, and 14% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Patton Township without a car?
11% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 86% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Patton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Patton 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.