Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Price Township has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
4% of workers work from home, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%. There are 55 jobs in Price Township; 1,459 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Price Township are B− for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Price Township, in brief
Price Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Price Township is a place people come home to
There are 55 jobs based in Price Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Price Township has about 2,400 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Price Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Why Price Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Price Township is better than 52% of U.S. towns, #670 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Price Township’s grade up (6.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 26% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Price Township could be anywhere from C− to A.
About 41 minutes each way, longer than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Price Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,753 commuters (the 4% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Price Township
On a workday 1,432 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Price Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
9% of working residents work in Pocono Township
Where Price Township clocks in
9% of workers
8% 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.
Price Township makes things: 33% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Price Township, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 55. 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 Price Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Price Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Getting around Price Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Price Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns, #779 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 3.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,820 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 0.6% of Price Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Price Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,153 U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,100, Price Township comes 2,046th on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,044 | Rutland Township MI | 4,308 | $88K | 8.1% | 6.3% | 5% | B− |
| 2,045 | West Bloomfield NY | 2,723 | $61K | 7.6% | 4.3% | 3% | B− |
| 2,046 | Price Township PA | 3,795 | $83K | 6.9% | 4.2% | 2% | B− |
| 2,047 | Minocqua WI | 5,062 | $69K | 6.9% | 1.8% | 31% | B− |
| 2,048 | North Alamo TX | 4,819 | $55K | 22.9% | 1.3% | <1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,153 | 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 Price Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work next door: 12% of Price Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Stroud Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Price Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price Township | – | B− | C | 41 min | $82,898 |
| Middle Smithfield Township | under 2% | C | B | 50 min | $88,026 |
| Porter Township | under 2% | — | — | 56 min | — |
| Paradise Township | 2% | C+ | C− | 41 min | $86,991 |
| Barrett Township | 3% | B | C+ | 29 min | $84,857 |
| Stroud Township | 7% | B | A− | 34 min | $95,087 |
Same-state neighbors only. Porter Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Price 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 Price Township: questions
What is the median household income in Price Township?
$82,898 (±$26,925) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Price Township?
6.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Price Township?
41 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Price Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pocono Township (9%, 6 mi), East Stroudsburg (8%, 8 mi), Stroud Township (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Price Township walkable?
Price Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Price Township without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Price Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Price 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.