Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli from Northeast Pennsylvania, USA · CC BY 2.0Most of Randolph Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
For 7% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Employers in Randolph Township report 189 jobs, against 711 working residents. Jobs and income earn Randolph Township C; getting around on foot earns it B−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Randolph Township: the gist
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Randolph Township
On income, poverty and job access, Randolph Township is better than 31% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Randolph Township’s grade up ($75,714, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 18% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.3%) is left out: Randolph Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Randolph Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Who leaves Randolph Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 682 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 160 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Randolph Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
19% of working residents work in Meadville
Where Randolph Township clocks in
19% of workers
11% 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.
The kinds of work in Randolph Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Randolph Township, 2013 → 2023: 237 → 189. 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 Randolph Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes to work from Randolph Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Randolph Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 757 commuters (the 7% 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 commute from Randolph Township, by distance
About 16% 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.
Few in Randolph Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Randolph Township is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.4% 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 812 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). 3.5% of Randolph Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Randolph Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,372nd of 5,760: where Randolph Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 37 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,370 | Meridian TX | 1,403 | $66K | 7.7% | 0.8% | 12% | C |
| 3,371 | Napoli NY | 1,201 | $92K | 16.5% | 5.1% | <1% | C |
| 3,372 | Randolph Township PA | 1,683 | $76K | 11.5% | 2.3% | 4% | C |
| 3,373 | Huntington Township PA | 2,103 | $62K | 7.3% | 5.2% | 4% | C |
| 3,374 | Tunbridge VT | 1,364 | $89K | 14.4% | 0.5% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Randolph Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Around Randolph Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to East Mead Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Randolph Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randolph Township | – | C | B− | 25 min | $75,714 |
| East Mead Township | 3% | B− | C− | 21 min | $86,429 |
| Wayne Township | under 3% | C+ | B− | 24 min | $75,000 |
| Troy Township | under 3% | C | C+ | 32 min | $71,202 |
| Richmond Township | under 3% | C− | D− | 23 min | $69,145 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Randolph 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 Randolph Township: questions
What is the median household income in Randolph Township?
$75,714 (±$16,859) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Randolph Township?
11.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Randolph Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Randolph Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Meadville (19%, 10 mi), Vernon Township (11%, 14 mi), West Mead Township (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Randolph Township walkable?
Randolph Township is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Randolph Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Randolph Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Randolph 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.