Photo: Nyttend · Public domainUnemployment in Pine Township (0.8%) is lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income A−: better than 79% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #321 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania.
Walkability C: more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns · #842 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania.
Household incomes here are higher than in 72% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 25 minutes each way (Pennsylvania 26, U.S. 26). About one in seven work in Pine Township; the top destination outside it is Grove City (18%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Pine Township, in brief
Pine Township is where the jobs are
Pine Township has 3,114 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Pine Township makes and builds things
38% of the jobs based in Pine Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Pine Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. The jobs ↓
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.
What’s behind Pine Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pine Township is better than 79% of U.S. towns, #321 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment holds Pine Township’s grade up (0.8%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 47% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pine Township could be anywhere from B to A.
Pine Township fills up on a workday
On a workday 1,553 residents head out to work, 280 work right here, and 2,834 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,000 people are in Pine Township on a workday afternoon, 27% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Pine Township makes things: 38% of its jobs are in goods
3,114 jobs are based in Pine Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pine Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pine Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,396 → 3,114. 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.
Where Pine Township’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Pine Township clocks in
18% of workers
4% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 25 minutes each way, about the PA average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pine Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,054 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Pine Township commutes less than 14 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 19% 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.
Most trips from Pine Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pine Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns, #842 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,310 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). 2.7% of Pine Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pine Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pine Township is 852nd of 3,867 U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,400 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Pine Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 25 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 31 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
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| 68 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 850 | St. Augustine South FL | 4,714 | $76K | 1.8% | 2.6% | 2% | A− |
| 851 | Hadley Township MI | 4,555 | $111K | 4.3% | 3.6% | 2% | A− |
| 852 | Pine Township PA | 4,730 | $94K | 7.7% | 0.8% | 15% | A− |
| 853 | Seymour WI | 3,628 | $81K | 4.5% | 3.2% | 13% | A− |
| 854 | Hanover Township MI | 3,708 | $81K | 4.6% | 0.2% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,867 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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.
18% of Pine Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Grove City (18%). Darker towns draw more of Pine Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pine Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Township | – | A− | C | 25 min | $94,223 |
| Grove City | 18% | B− | A | 17 min | $57,169 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 27 min | $78,906 |
| Wolf Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Findley Township | under 2% | B | C− | 22 min | $90,950 |
Same-state neighbors only. Wolf Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pine Township?
$94,223 (±$16,890) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pine Township?
7.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pine Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pine Township work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grove City (18%, 2 mi), Springfield Township (4%, 7 mi), Pittsburgh (3%, 50 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pine Township walkable?
Pine Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pine Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pine Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pine 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.