Photo: Andrew Shansby from Hyattsville, United States · CC BY 2.0At 1.1%, unemployment in Ralpho Township is lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Ralpho Township is ahead of 88% of U.S. towns. The two grades for Ralpho Township are A for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Only 8% work in Ralpho Township; the top destination outside it is Mahoning Township (15%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Ralpho Township stands out on work
How Ralpho Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ralpho Township is better than 91% of U.S. towns, #139 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Ralpho Township’s grade up (2.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 42% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ralpho Township could be anywhere from A− to A.
A place that makes things: 38% of Ralpho Township’s jobs are in goods
1,441 jobs are based in Ralpho Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ralpho Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,462 → 1,441. 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 Ralpho Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Ralpho Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,684 residents head out to work, 145 work right here, and 1,296 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).
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 Ralpho Township goes to work
Where Ralpho Township clocks in
15% 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.
About 29 minutes each way for Ralpho Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ralpho Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,511 commuters (the 23% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Ralpho Township
About 17% 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.
The commute in Ralpho Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ralpho Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns, #733 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Ralpho 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 1,952 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). 2.4% of Ralpho Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ralpho Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Ralpho Township ranks: 353rd of 4,112 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,600
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 351 | Shrewsbury NJ | 4,178 | $179K | 3.6% | 4.6% | 6% | A |
| 352 | Harlem Township OH | 5,113 | $122K | 7.4% | 2.2% | 4% | A |
| 353 | Ralpho Township PA | 4,181 | $120K | 2.6% | 1.1% | 8% | A |
| 354 | Dover WI | 4,202 | $100K | 3.4% | 2.9% | 4% | A |
| 355 | Westport WI | 4,249 | $84K | 4.2% | 0.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,112 | 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 Ralpho Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns next door employ 11% of Ralpho Township
The biggest share goes to Coal Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ralpho Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralpho Township | – | A | C+ | 29 min | $120,386 |
| Cleveland Township | under 2% | C | C− | 29 min | $71,923 |
| Shamokin Township | 4% | B+ | B− | 29 min | $95,000 |
| Coal Township | 5% | C− | B+ | 27 min | $51,010 |
| Franklin Township | 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Rush Township | under 2% | B+ | B | 22 min | $91,771 |
| Mayberry Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Franklin Township and Mayberry Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ralpho 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 Ralpho Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ralpho Township?
$120,386 (±$13,204) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ralpho Township?
2.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ralpho Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ralpho Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mahoning Township (15%, 8 mi), Coal Township (5%, 6 mi), Sunbury (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ralpho Township walkable?
Ralpho Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ralpho 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 Ralpho Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ralpho 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.