Photo: Jakec · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Point Township (2.9%) is lower than in 71% of U.S. towns
Only 8% work in Point Township; the top destination outside it is Mahoning Township (12%, 9 miles). For jobs and income Point Township is better than 52% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (B). Home is the office for 8% of workers, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Point Township stands out on work
Point Township trades workers with the towns around it
Point Township has about as many jobs (1,660) as working residents (1,678), but they are mostly different people: 1,545 residents leave for work each day while 1,527 people come in. Only 8% of the jobs in Point Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Point Township makes and builds things
46% of the jobs based in Point Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Point Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 20%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Point Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Point Township: the grade in detail
Unemployment holds Point Township’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (11.4%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Point Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
How a workday changes Point Township
On a workday 1,545 residents head out to work, 133 work right here, and 1,527 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
A place that makes things: 46% of Point Township’s jobs are in goods
1,660 jobs are based in Point Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Point Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,391 → 1,660. 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 Point Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Point Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,456 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.
Where people from Point Township work
Where Point Township clocks in
12% of workers
6% 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.
How far it is to work from Point Township
About 18% 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.
Few in Point Township walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,588 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). 4.2% of Point Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Point Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Point Township is 2,111th among 4,264 U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,200
| # | 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 21 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 26 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
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| 62 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 2,109 | Union Township IN | 4,351 | $66K | 13.3% | 1.8% | 10% | B− |
| 2,110 | Hopewell NY | 3,925 | $84K | 8.5% | 6.0% | 8% | B− |
| 2,111 | Point Township PA | 3,818 | $71K | 11.4% | 2.9% | 8% | B− |
| 2,112 | Hutchinson Island South FL | 4,175 | $66K | 7.0% | 3.9% | 7% | B− |
| 2,113 | Blennerhassett WV | 3,282 | $88K | 9.3% | 4.7% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,264 | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Point Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
19% of Point Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Point Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Point Township | – | B− | B | 20 min | $70,694 |
| Union Township | under 2% | A− | D | 23 min | $89,250 |
| Upper Augusta Township | 3% | B+ | C+ | 25 min | $68,750 |
| Winfield | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | A− | D | 19 min | $94,438 |
| Rush Township | under 2% | B+ | B | 22 min | $91,771 |
| Riverside | under 2% | A− | D | 20 min | $83,750 |
| East Buffalo Township | under 2% | A | A | 15 min | $139,708 |
| Mahoning Township | 12% | A− | B+ | 20 min | $86,008 |
| Monroe Township | 4% | A− | B− | 27 min | $90,417 |
Same-state neighbors only. Winfield: 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 Mahoning Township. Darker towns draw more of Point 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 Point Township: questions
What is the median household income in Point Township?
$70,694 (±$7,842) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Point Township?
11.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Point Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Point Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mahoning Township (12%, 9 mi), Northumberland (6%, 3 mi), Sunbury (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Point Township walkable?
Point Township is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Point Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Point Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Point 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.