Most of Quincy Township commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Quincy Township grades C for jobs and income and B for walkability. Employers in Quincy Township report 1,182 jobs; 2,158 of its residents have a job. Only 7% work in Quincy Township itself; outside it, Waynesboro draws the most (9%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Quincy Township stands out on work
Commutes from Quincy Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker, and quicker than any town next door (23 to 42 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Quincy Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Quincy Township fell from 1,598 in 2013 to 1,182 in 2023, −26%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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.
Where Quincy Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Quincy Township is better than 25% of U.S. towns, #906 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Quincy Township’s grade up (10.4%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (6.8%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Quincy Township could be anywhere from D to A−.
About 17 minutes each way for Quincy Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Quincy Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,582 commuters (the 11% 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.
65% of the jobs in Quincy Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Quincy Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,598 → 1,182. 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 Quincy Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Quincy Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,998 residents head out to work, 160 work right here, and 1,022 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,300 people are in Quincy Township on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
Where Quincy Township’s working residents head each day
Where Quincy Township clocks in
9% of workers
7% 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.
The commute from Quincy Township, by distance
About 22% 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 trips from Quincy Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Quincy Township is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #479 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 19.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,781 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). 2.7% of Quincy Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Quincy Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Quincy Township is 2,801st of 3,582 U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,100 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 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| 31 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,799 | Progreso TX | 5,148 | $46K | 28.4% | 4.4% | 2% | C |
| 2,800 | China Grove NC | 4,650 | $54K | 17.2% | 6.0% | 4% | C |
| 2,801 | Quincy Township PA | 5,283 | $63K | 10.4% | 6.8% | 7% | C |
| 2,802 | Lamar MO | 4,337 | $37K | 32.6% | 0.0% | 30% | C |
| 2,803 | Bucksport ME | 5,066 | $65K | 6.7% | 11.5% | 15% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,582 | 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 Quincy Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work next door: 17% of Quincy Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Quincy Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quincy Township | – | C | B | 17 min | $63,357 |
| Antrim Township | 4% | A− | D | 23 min | $94,205 |
| Guilford Township | 7% | B | B− | 23 min | $78,389 |
| Hamiltonban Township | under 2% | C+ | B | 42 min | $90,521 |
| Washington Township | 6% | B | C | 27 min | $78,477 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Guilford Township. Darker towns draw more of Quincy 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 Quincy Township: questions
What is the median household income in Quincy Township?
$63,357 (±$13,484) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Quincy Township?
10.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Quincy Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Quincy Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waynesboro (9%, 4 mi), Chambersburg (9%, 10 mi), Guilford Township (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Quincy Township walkable?
Quincy Township is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 20% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Quincy Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Quincy Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Quincy 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.