Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Pike Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
For jobs and income Pike Township is better than 39% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (D−). 194 jobs are based in Pike Township; 918 of its residents have a job. 6% of workers have no commute at all, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pike Township at work: what stands out
Jobs & income in Pike Township: the grade in detail
Household income holds Pike Township’s grade up ($83,958, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 15% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (2.4%) is left out: Pike Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Pike Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
Pike Township by day and by night
On a workday 893 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 169 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Pike Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
12% of working residents work in Curwensville
Where Pike Township clocks in
12% 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.
Pike Township makes things: 62% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pike Township, 2014 → 2024: 194 → 194. 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 Pike Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Pike Township takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pike Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 875 commuters (the 6% 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 Pike Township’s workers travel
About 20% 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.
Most trips from Pike Township start in a car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 927 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). 6.4% of Pike Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pike Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Pike Township ranks: 2,900th of 5,328 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 7% | A+ |
| 27 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,898 | Manhattan Township KS | 2,256 | $63K | 8.1% | 0.4% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,899 | West Franklin Township PA | 1,655 | $68K | 8.7% | 2.4% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,900 | Pike Township PA | 2,273 | $84K | 9.7% | 2.4% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,901 | Ord NE | 2,121 | $58K | 11.1% | 0.5% | 45% | C+ |
| 2,902 | Burnham PA | 1,970 | $68K | 8.6% | 1.8% | 11% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Pike Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
11% of Pike Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pike Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pike Township | – | C+ | D− | 26 min | $83,958 |
| Knox Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Ferguson Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Lawrence Township | 11% | C− | B+ | 21 min | $62,371 |
| Penn Township | under 2% | C− | C− | 32 min | $58,804 |
| Bloom Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Hyde | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Knox Township, Ferguson Township and Bloom Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Hyde: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Lawrence Township. Darker towns draw more of Pike 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 Pike Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pike Township?
$83,958 (±$15,600) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pike Township?
9.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pike Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pike Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Curwensville (12%, 2 mi), Lawrence Township (11%, 7 mi), DuBois (10%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Pike Township walkable?
Pike Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pike Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pike Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pike 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.