Photo: Nyttend · Public domainPulaski Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Pulaski Township B; getting around on foot earns it C−. Employers in Pulaski Township report 371 jobs, against 1,179 working residents. Only 4% stay in Pulaski Township for work; outside it, New Castle is the main destination (9%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Pulaski Township apart on work
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Pulaski Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pulaski Township is better than 59% of U.S. towns, #598 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Pulaski Township’s grade up (5.9%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pulaski Township could be anywhere from C to A.
In Pulaski Township, 63% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pulaski Township, 2013 → 2023: 301 → 371. 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 Pulaski Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Pulaski Township by day and by night
On a workday 1,126 residents head out to work, 53 work right here, and 318 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Pulaski Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Out of Pulaski Township to work: where people go
Where Pulaski Township clocks in
9% 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.
About 24 minutes each way for Pulaski Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pulaski Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,171 commuters (the 16% 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 far Pulaski Township’s workers travel
About 23% 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.
In Pulaski Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pulaski Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns, #868 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,396 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). 10.0% of Pulaski Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pulaski Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pulaski Township next to U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100: 1,811th of 4,771 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | West Pikeland Township PA | 4,045 | $226K | 0.9% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,809 | Jackson Township IN | 4,045 | $74K | 4.8% | 3.5% | 5% | B |
| 1,810 | Center Township OH | 2,892 | $89K | 5.6% | 4.9% | 4% | B |
| 1,811 | Pulaski Township PA | 3,043 | $75K | 5.9% | 5.4% | 4% | B |
| 1,812 | Pelican Bay TX | 2,729 | $71K | 10.3% | 5.9% | <1% | B |
| 1,813 | Henrietta TX | 3,258 | $67K | 8.2% | 1.0% | 19% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | 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 Pulaski Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns around Pulaski Township
The biggest share goes to Wilmington Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pulaski Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulaski Township | – | B | C− | 24 min | $74,583 |
| Shenango Township | under 2% | B | D | 20 min | $70,139 |
| Mahoning Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 26 min | $65,370 |
| Wilmington Township | 2% | C+ | B− | 26 min | $72,557 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pulaski 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 Pulaski Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pulaski Township?
$74,583 (±$16,012) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pulaski Township?
5.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pulaski Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pulaski Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Castle (9%, 9 mi), Neshannock Township (6%, 6 mi), Hermitage (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pulaski Township walkable?
Pulaski Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pulaski Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pulaski Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pulaski 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.