Guy C. Irvine House · Photo: Pubdog · Public domainPine Grove Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
189 jobs are based in Pine Grove Township, and 1,028 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Pine Grove Township B−; getting around on foot earns it C−. Home is the office for 8% of workers; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Pine Grove Township apart
Pine Grove Township is a place people come home to
There are 189 jobs based in Pine Grove Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pine Grove Township has about 1,600 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Pine Grove Township workers cross into New York
18% of Pine Grove Township workers work outside Pennsylvania, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Ellicott (6%), Jamestown (5%) and Busti (4%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Pine Grove Township and Warren trade workers both ways
Warren is the top workplace for Pine Grove Township residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Pine Grove Township come from (12% of its jobs). 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.
Why Pine Grove Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pine Grove Township is better than 52% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Pine Grove Township’s grade up (4.6%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (6.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pine Grove Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
How many people are in Pine Grove Township by day
On a workday 1,009 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 170 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Pine Grove Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 2023, primary jobs.
29% of working residents work in Warren
Where Pine Grove Township clocks in
29% of workers
10% 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.
Jobs in Pine Grove Township: what the 189 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pine Grove Township, 2013 → 2023: 165 → 189. 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 Pine Grove Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pine Grove Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,148 commuters (the 8% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Pine Grove Township
About 22% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Pine Grove Township: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,243 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). 2.2% of Pine Grove Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pine Grove Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Pine Grove Township is 2,274th of 5,401 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,400
| # | 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 77 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,272 | Breezy Point MN | 2,771 | $86K | 6.1% | 4.0% | 7% | B− |
| 2,273 | Jacksonville OR | 2,972 | $90K | 9.2% | 5.3% | 7% | B− |
| 2,274 | Pine Grove Township PA | 2,483 | $96K | 4.6% | 6.8% | 2% | B− |
| 2,275 | Wausau WI | 2,353 | $76K | 14.5% | 2.9% | 4% | B− |
| 2,276 | Bristol NH | 3,251 | $78K | 10.3% | 1.9% | 16% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,401 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Pine Grove Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
13% of Pine Grove Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Conewango Township (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pine Grove Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Grove Township | – | B− | C− | 23 min | $96,318 |
| Farmington Township | 3% | C | B | 20 min | $72,159 |
| Glade Township | under 2% | C | C | 19 min | $73,388 |
| Elk Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Conewango Township | 10% | C− | B− | 18 min | $57,050 |
| North Warren | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Elk Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. North Warren: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pine Grove 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 Pine Grove Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pine Grove Township?
$96,318 (±$9,563) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pine Grove Township?
4.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pine Grove Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pine Grove Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warren (29%, 8 mi), Conewango Township (10%, 7 mi), Ellicott (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pine Grove Township walkable?
Pine Grove Township is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pine Grove 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 Pine Grove Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pine Grove 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.