Photo: Photo by and (c)2006 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) · CC BY-SA 2.5At 0.8%, unemployment in Penn Township is lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Penn Township are A for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. About one in ten work in Penn Township itself; outside it, Manheim Township draws the most (8%, 8 miles). Commuters spend 25 minutes getting to work on average; Pennsylvania averages 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Penn Township, in a few figures
Penn Township trades workers with the towns around it
Penn Township has about as many jobs (4,382) as working residents (4,683), but they are mostly different people: 4,226 residents leave for work each day while 3,925 people come in. Only 10% of the jobs in Penn Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
No single place dominates Penn Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Manheim Township, gets only 8% of working residents, and 51% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Penn Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
42% of the jobs in Penn Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
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.
Penn Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Penn Township is better than 92% of U.S. towns, #120 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment is its strongest input; household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($87,620, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Penn Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The daily commute in and out of Penn Township
On a workday 4,226 residents head out to work, 457 work right here, and 3,925 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 (0.94 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The places Penn Township commutes to
Where Penn Township clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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.
What work there is in Penn Township: 4,382 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Penn Township, 2014 → 2024: 4,372 → 4,382. 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.
Time on the road from Penn Township: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 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 4,918 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Penn Township
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.
Driving is how Penn Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Penn Township is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns, #737 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. 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 5,716 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). 3.6% 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.
341st of 2,878: where Penn Township ranks among U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 45 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Upper Uwchlan Township PA | 13,681 | $191K | 1.6% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 339 | Harrison TN | 8,011 | $89K | 3.9% | 1.4% | <1% | A |
| 340 | Lititz PA | 9,689 | $89K | 4.1% | 1.8% | 11% | A |
| 341 | Penn Township PA | 10,693 | $88K | 4.7% | 0.8% | 10% | A |
| 342 | Blackhawk CA | 10,137 | $245K | 5.6% | 3.0% | 3% | A |
| 343 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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.
Penn Township and its neighbors: 24% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Penn Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penn Township | – | A | C+ | 25 min | $87,620 |
| Rapho Township | 3% | A− | B− | 25 min | $86,716 |
| Manheim | 3% | C+ | A | 24 min | $81,273 |
| Warwick Township | 4% | A | C+ | 24 min | $104,013 |
| Elizabeth Township | under 2% | A+ | B | 22 min | $99,583 |
| East Hempfield Township | 6% | A | B− | 20 min | $99,384 |
| Manheim Township | 8% | A | B+ | 20 min | $102,134 |
| Cornwall | under 2% | A+ | B− | 26 min | $107,583 |
| South Lebanon Township | under 2% | A− | B− | 21 min | $85,120 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Manheim Township. 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?
$87,620 (±$12,603) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Penn Township?
4.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Penn Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Penn Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manheim Township (8%, 8 mi), Lancaster (7%, 11 mi), East Hempfield Township (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Penn Township walkable?
Penn Township is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Penn Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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.