Pennypacker Mansion · Photo: Smallbones · CC0Household incomes in Perkiomen Township are higher than in 95% of U.S. towns
33% of workers work from home, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole. The poverty rate is 4.6%, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 11.7%. Perkiomen Township grades A+ for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Perkiomen Township, in a few figures
A lot of Perkiomen Township works from home
33% of Perkiomen Township workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
Perkiomen Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Perkiomen Township went from 1,198 in 2013 to 2,135 in 2023, +78%. The jobs ↓
No single place dominates Perkiomen Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Upper Merion Township, gets only 7% of working residents, and 60% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Perkiomen Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Perkiomen Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Perkiomen Township is better than 96% of U.S. towns, #61 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Household income is its strongest input ($153,750, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Perkiomen Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
About 29 minutes to work from Perkiomen Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Perkiomen Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,452 commuters (the 33% 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.
65% of the jobs in Perkiomen Township pay over $3,333 a month
2,135 jobs are based in Perkiomen Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Perkiomen Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,198 → 2,135. 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 Perkiomen Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
7% of working residents work in Upper Merion Township
Where Perkiomen Township clocks in
7% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
How a workday changes Perkiomen Township
On a workday 4,573 residents head out to work, 195 work right here, and 1,940 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,300 people are in Perkiomen Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
The distance from Perkiomen Township to work
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.
Perkiomen Township is a driving town
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,178 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). 4.4% of Perkiomen Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Perkiomen Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Perkiomen Township places 199th of 2,862 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 6,300 to 12,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 19 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 197 | Oak Ridge NC | 7,896 | $155K | 3.6% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| 198 | Sunbury OH | 8,857 | $109K | 5.2% | 1.4% | 5% | A+ |
| 199 | Perkiomen Township PA | 8,965 | $154K | 4.6% | 3.0% | 4% | A+ |
| 200 | Schuylkill Township PA | 8,960 | $172K | 2.7% | 3.8% | 4% | A+ |
| 201 | Charlestown Township PA | 6,577 | $202K | 3.3% | 3.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,862 | 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 Perkiomen Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
11% of Perkiomen Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Upper Providence Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Perkiomen Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perkiomen Township | – | A+ | C | 29 min | $153,750 |
| Skippack Township | 3% | A+ | B− | 30 min | $147,979 |
| Schwenksville | under 3% | B+ | A− | 24 min | $72,500 |
| Lower Frederick Township | under 3% | B+ | C+ | 31 min | $116,087 |
| Upper Salford Township | under 3% | A+ | C | 25 min | $138,600 |
| Trappe | under 3% | A+ | A− | 27 min | $127,250 |
| Collegeville | under 3% | B+ | A+ | 23 min | $91,466 |
| Lower Salford Township | under 3% | A | B | 29 min | $146,481 |
| Upper Providence Township | 5% | A | B+ | 27 min | $141,077 |
| Limerick Township | 3% | A | B− | 26 min | $121,061 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Perkiomen 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 Perkiomen Township: questions
What is the median household income in Perkiomen Township?
$153,750 (±$19,941) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Perkiomen Township?
4.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Perkiomen Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 33% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Perkiomen Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Upper Merion Township (7%, 11 mi), Philadelphia (6%, 23 mi), Tredyffrin Township (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Perkiomen Township walkable?
Perkiomen Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Perkiomen Township without a car?
<1% 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 Perkiomen Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Perkiomen 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.