Baumgardner's Mill Covered Bridge · Photo: Photo by and (c)2006 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) · CC BY-SA 2.5Hardly anyone in Pequea Township is out of work
Household incomes here are higher than in 83% of U.S. towns. Pequea Township grades A+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 5% work in Pequea Township; the top destination outside it is Lancaster (13%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pequea Township and work: the main findings
Where Pequea Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pequea Township is better than 96% of U.S. towns, #50 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment is its strongest input (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 70% of U.S. towns). 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, Pequea Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
Making and building: 59% of jobs based in Pequea Township
1,180 jobs are based in Pequea Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pequea Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,077 → 1,180. 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 Pequea Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Pequea Township
On a workday 2,498 residents head out to work, 135 work right here, and 1,045 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,900 people are in Pequea Township on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.45 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 Pequea Township: the destinations
Where Pequea Township clocks in
7% of workers
7% 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 27 minutes each way, about the PA average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pequea Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,024 commuters (the 10% 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.
How far it is to work from Pequea Township
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.
The commute in Pequea Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pequea Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns, #865 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Pequea 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 3,355 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). 2.6% of Pequea Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Pequea Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pequea Township is 162nd of 3,255 U.S. towns of 4,500 to 8,600 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
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| 24 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 160 | Horace ND | 7,001 | $139K | 4.3% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| 161 | North Salem NY | 5,181 | $179K | 3.1% | 2.7% | 9% | A+ |
| 162 | Pequea Township PA | 6,372 | $109K | 4.1% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| 163 | Lakes of the Four Seasons IN | 7,402 | $122K | 3.1% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 164 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,255 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Pequea Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door is work for 11% of Pequea Township
The biggest share goes to West Lampeter Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pequea Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pequea Township | – | A+ | C− | 27 min | $109,447 |
| Lancaster Township | 2% | B+ | B | 24 min | $88,912 |
| Providence Township | under 2% | B | C− | 27 min | $63,696 |
| Martic Township | under 2% | A− | D | 31 min | $93,041 |
| Conestoga Township | under 2% | A− | C | 31 min | $93,152 |
| Manor Township | 2% | A− | C | 25 min | $89,917 |
| West Lampeter Township | 7% | A | C | 28 min | $110,143 |
| Millersville | under 2% | C+ | A− | 20 min | $67,866 |
| Refton | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Strasburg Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 29 min | $94,242 |
| Willow Street | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Refton and Willow Street: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pequea 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 Pequea Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pequea Township?
$109,447 (±$14,490) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pequea Township?
4.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pequea Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pequea Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lancaster (13%, 5 mi), West Lampeter Township (7%, 3 mi), Manheim Township (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pequea Township walkable?
Pequea Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pequea Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pequea Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pequea 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.