Photo: Original uploader was Ekem at en.wikipedia · Public domainPocono Township has 2.2 jobs for every working resident: 8,157 people commute in to work
8,883 jobs are based in Pocono Township for 4,126 working residents. Pocono Township grades B− for jobs and income and B for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Pocono Township: the gist
No single place dominates Pocono Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Stroud Township, gets only 5% of working residents, and 56% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Pocono Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Pocono Township is where the jobs are
Pocono Township has 8,883 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 16,000 people are in town, 44% more than the 11,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
34% of the jobs based in Pocono Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 22% of Pocono Township’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
Pocono Township draws workers from far and wide
The 8,883 jobs in Pocono Township are filled from a wide area. Pocono Township’s own residents hold 8% and the ten next-biggest home towns 36%; the other 56% come from many towns beyond those. 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 Pocono Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pocono Township is better than 55% of U.S. towns, #638 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Household income holds Pocono Township’s grade up ($105,181, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pocono Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Where the people who work in Pocono Township live
Where Pocono Township clocks in
4% of workers
4% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Pocono Township
On a workday 3,400 residents head out to work and 726 work right here.
About 16,000 people are in Pocono Township on a workday afternoon, 44% more 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.
The kinds of work in Pocono Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pocono Township, 2013 → 2023: 8,388 → 8,883. 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 Pocono Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Pocono Township spends getting to work: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pocono Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,781 commuters (the 14% 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 many miles Pocono Township commutes
About 28% 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.
Most trips from Pocono Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pocono Township is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns, #461 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Pocono 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 5,549 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 1.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 66% 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). 2.5% of Pocono Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Pocono Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,401st of 2,507: where Pocono Township ranks among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 24 | Lower Moreland Township PA | 14,116 | $154K | 2.6% | 2.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Skippack Township PA | 14,502 | $148K | 2.5% | 2.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,399 | Halfway MD | 10,849 | $71K | 10.5% | 4.0% | 5% | B− |
| 1,400 | Wallington NJ | 12,092 | $86K | 12.2% | 8.3% | 4% | B− |
| 1,401 | Pocono Township PA | 10,902 | $105K | 9.4% | 5.7% | 18% | B− |
| 1,402 | Grover Beach CA | 12,456 | $86K | 11.8% | 4.3% | 7% | B− |
| 1,403 | Joshua TX | 9,352 | $68K | 19.2% | 2.7% | 6% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Pocono Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
12% of Pocono Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Stroud Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pocono Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pocono Township | – | B− | B | 29 min | $105,181 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | B | B− | 34 min | $87,208 |
| Paradise Township | 3% | C+ | C− | 41 min | $86,991 |
| Tobyhanna Township | 2% | C | C+ | 30 min | $90,064 |
| Mount Pocono | under 2% | C− | A | 35 min | $79,375 |
| Stroud Township | 5% | B | A− | 34 min | $95,087 |
| Hamilton Township | 2% | C+ | C+ | 38 min | $74,414 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pocono 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 Pocono Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pocono Township?
$105,181 (±$10,845) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pocono Township?
9.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pocono Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pocono Township work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stroud Township (5%, 6 mi), New York City (4%, 76 mi), East Stroudsburg (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pocono Township walkable?
Pocono Township is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pocono Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pocono Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pocono 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.