Photo: Nyttend · Public domainPenn Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
62 jobs are based in Penn Township for 487 working residents. Penn Township grades C− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. 4% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Penn Township
Penn Township is a place people come home to
There are 62 jobs based in Penn Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Penn Township has about 740 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Penn 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 ↓
Penn Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 487 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Penn Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Penn Township is better than 16% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Penn Township’s grade.
Unemployment (1.8%) is left out: Penn Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Penn Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
How many people are in Penn Township by day
On a workday 482 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere.
About 740 people are in Penn Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Time on the road from Penn Township: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Penn Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 470 commuters (the 3% 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.
14% of working residents work in DuBois
Where Penn Township clocks in
14% 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.
Jobs in Penn Township: what the 62 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Penn Township, 2014 → 2024: 121 → 62. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Penn Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Penn Township commutes
About 18% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Penn Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Penn Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Penn 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 487 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). 1.6% of Penn Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Penn Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Penn Township next to U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600: 3,181st of 4,312 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 8 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,179 | Franklin Township IN | 1,091 | $69K | 21.2% | 3.2% | 3% | C− |
| 3,180 | Easton Township KS | 1,096 | $65K | 15.3% | 4.7% | 2% | C− |
| 3,181 | Penn Township PA | 1,165 | $59K | 15.6% | 1.8% | 1% | C− |
| 3,182 | East Palatka FL | 1,494 | $74K | 27.2% | 0.0% | 3% | C− |
| 3,183 | Castlewood VA | 1,357 | $61K | 10.9% | 1.3% | 3% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Penn Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door to Penn Township
The biggest share goes to Pike Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Penn Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penn Township | – | C− | C− | 32 min | $58,804 |
| Bloom Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Greenwood Township | under 2% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Ferguson Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Pike Township | 2% | C+ | D− | 26 min | $83,958 |
Same-state neighbors only. Bloom Township, Greenwood Township and Ferguson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Penn 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 2024, 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 Penn Township: questions
What is the median household income in Penn Township?
$58,804 (±$14,029) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Penn Township?
15.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Penn Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Penn Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are DuBois (14%, 12 mi), Lawrence Township (12%, 12 mi), Curwensville (10%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Penn Township walkable?
Penn Township is more walkable than 24% 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 Penn Township without a car?
0% 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 Penn Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Penn Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.