Porter Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Porter Township D; getting around on foot earns it D. Employers in Porter Township report 130 jobs, and 505 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% stay in Porter Township for work; outside it, Monroe Township is the main destination (11%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Porter Township in brief
Porter Township is a place people come home to
There are 130 jobs based in Porter Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Porter Township has about 880 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Porter Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical 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; with 505 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Porter Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Porter Township is better than 12% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Porter Township’s grade up ($70,156, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 8% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.2%) is left out: Porter 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, Porter Township could be anywhere from D− to C+.
The daily commute in and out of Porter Township
On a workday 498 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 123 people come in from elsewhere.
About 880 people are in Porter Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
From Porter Township, about 31 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Porter Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 544 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.
Where the trip to work from Porter Township ends
Where Porter Township clocks in
11% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
32% of the jobs in Porter Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Porter Township, 2013 → 2023: 100 → 130. 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 Porter Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Porter Township
About 24% 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 of Porter Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Porter Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Porter 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 636 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). 2.5% of Porter Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Porter Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Porter Township ranks: 3,884th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,882 | Ferry Township MI | 1,305 | $55K | 11.9% | 4.2% | 1% | D |
| 3,883 | Sherman Township MI | 1,010 | $59K | 13.5% | 3.3% | 3% | D |
| 3,884 | Porter Township PA | 1,253 | $70K | 20.2% | 3.2% | 1% | D |
| 3,885 | Hartford Township IN | 1,010 | $60K | 17.7% | 0.0% | 1% | D |
| 3,886 | Washington Township MI | 1,514 | $66K | 15.3% | 5.2% | 5% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Porter Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Porter Township and its neighbors: 18% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Porter Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porter Township | – | D | D | 31 min | $70,156 |
| Mahoning Township | under 2% | D | B− | 22 min | $53,056 |
| Madison Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Distant | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| New Bethlehem | 4% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| South Bethlehem | 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Madison Township | under 2% | C− | D | 38 min | $68,409 |
| Redbank Township | under 2% | D | D | 27 min | $63,571 |
| Monroe Township | 11% | C− | B | 25 min | $67,067 |
Same-state neighbors only. Madison Township, New Bethlehem and South Bethlehem: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Distant: 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 Monroe Township. Darker towns draw more of Porter 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 Porter Township: questions
What is the median household income in Porter Township?
$70,156 (±$12,147) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Porter Township?
20.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Porter Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Porter Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Monroe Township (11%, 6 mi), Clarion (6%, 11 mi), Paint Township (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Porter Township walkable?
Porter Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Porter 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 Porter Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Porter 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.