Photo: USGS · Public domainPeach Bottom Township has higher unemployment (7.8%) than 87% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Peach Bottom Township B−; getting around on foot earns it D−. Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole. Only 6% work in Peach Bottom Township; the top destination outside it is Bel Air (7%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Peach Bottom Township: the gist
Stores, warehouses and trucking
54% of the jobs in Peach Bottom Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 21% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Peach Bottom Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
85% of the jobs based in Peach Bottom Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 60% of the jobs Peach Bottom Township residents hold. 90% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Peach Bottom Township. The jobs ↓
Peach Bottom Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Peach Bottom Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Peach Bottom Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Peach Bottom Township fell from 1,569 in 2013 to 1,142 in 2023, −27%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Peach Bottom Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Peach Bottom Township is better than 48% of U.S. towns, #706 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Peach Bottom Township’s grade up (2.9%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Peach Bottom Township could be anywhere from C to A.
85% of the jobs in Peach Bottom Township pay over $3,333 a month
1,142 jobs are based in Peach Bottom Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Peach Bottom Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,569 → 1,142. 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 Peach Bottom Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Peach Bottom Township’s commute takes about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Peach Bottom Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,491 commuters (the 4% 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.
Who leaves Peach Bottom Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,828 residents head out to work, 114 work right here, and 1,028 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,300 people are in Peach Bottom Township on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.59 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Peach Bottom Township: the destinations
Where Peach Bottom Township clocks in
7% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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 commute from Peach Bottom Township, by distance
About 21% 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.
Driving is how Peach Bottom Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Peach Bottom Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns, #1,025 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Peach Bottom 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 2,600 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 1.7% of Peach Bottom Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Peach Bottom Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Peach Bottom Township next to U.S. towns of 3,600 to 6,900: 2,051st of 3,627 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| 31 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,049 | Porter IN | 5,167 | $75K | 10.5% | 6.5% | 8% | B− |
| 2,050 | Breitung Township MI | 5,857 | $72K | 8.7% | 3.0% | 9% | B− |
| 2,051 | Peach Bottom Township PA | 5,108 | $85K | 2.9% | 7.8% | 6% | B− |
| 2,052 | Butler Township PA | 5,105 | $80K | 10.8% | 3.8% | 6% | B− |
| 2,053 | Catalina AZ | 6,489 | $78K | 8.3% | 3.1% | 7% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,627 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Peach Bottom Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work in the towns next to Peach Bottom Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Peach Bottom Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peach Bottom Township | – | B− | D− | 35 min | $84,737 |
| Lower Chanceford Township | under 2% | A− | D | 42 min | $105,909 |
| Fulton Township | under 2% | B− | B− | 29 min | $78,990 |
| Delta | under 2% | — | — | 47 min | — |
| Drumore Township | under 2% | B− | C | 35 min | $82,969 |
| Fawn Township | under 2% | B | C− | 40 min | $117,083 |
Same-state neighbors only. Delta: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Peach Bottom 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 Peach Bottom Township: questions
What is the median household income in Peach Bottom Township?
$84,737 (±$19,639) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Peach Bottom Township?
2.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Peach Bottom Township?
35 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Peach Bottom Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bel Air (7%, 15 mi), Cockeysville (3%, 25 mi), Towson (3%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Peach Bottom Township walkable?
Peach Bottom Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Peach Bottom Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Peach Bottom Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Peach Bottom 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.