Photo: Nyttend · Public domainPulaski Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Pulaski Township grades B for jobs and income and B for walkability. Employers in Pulaski Township report 287 jobs, against 550 working residents. Measured by household income, Pulaski Township is behind 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Pulaski Township: the figures worth knowing
Pulaski Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Pulaski Township is Pittsburgh, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (53) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The quickest commute around
Pulaski Township’s 22-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 26 to 28 minutes. Next door ↓
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 550 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Pulaski Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Pulaski Township is better than 55% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Pulaski Township’s grade up (ahead of 74% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($55,245, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (6.0%) is left out: Pulaski 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, Pulaski Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Pulaski Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Pulaski Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 537 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 274 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Pulaski Township on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
10% of working residents work in Pittsburgh
Where Pulaski Township clocks in
10% of workers
5% 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.
In Pulaski Township, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pulaski Township, 2013 → 2023: 267 → 287. 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.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Pulaski Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 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 582 commuters (the 6% 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.
For most of Pulaski Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pulaski Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 621 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). 4.4% of Pulaski Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Pulaski Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Pulaski Township is 1,407th 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,405 | Reading NY | 1,643 | $86K | 5.6% | 5.1% | 9% | B |
| 1,406 | Penn Township PA | 1,084 | $85K | 4.7% | 3.2% | 4% | B |
| 1,407 | Pulaski Township PA | 1,261 | $55K | 7.1% | 6.0% | 2% | B |
| 1,408 | Ripon WI | 1,320 | $92K | 13.0% | 0.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,409 | New Paris IN | 1,549 | $75K | 10.5% | 0.0% | 7% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Pulaski Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Pulaski Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to New Brighton (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pulaski Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulaski Township | – | B | B | 22 min | $55,245 |
| Daugherty Township | under 3% | B | D | 28 min | $87,969 |
| New Brighton | 4% | C+ | A | 26 min | $52,939 |
| Rochester Township | under 3% | B | D | 27 min | $60,500 |
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?
$55,245 (±$10,096) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pulaski Township?
7.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pulaski Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pulaski Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (10%, 26 mi), Cranberry Township (5%, 10 mi), Beaver Falls (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pulaski Township walkable?
Pulaski Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pulaski Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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.