Photo: Photo by and (c)2006 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) · CC BY-SA 2.5Households in Rapho Township have higher incomes than those in 64% of U.S. towns
4.3% of residents live below the poverty line, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania. The two grades for Rapho Township are A− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. About one in ten work in Rapho Township; the top destination outside it is Lancaster (7%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Rapho Township
No single place dominates Rapho Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Lancaster, gets only 7% of working residents, and 55% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Rapho Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Rapho Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Rapho Township went from 2,388 in 2013 to 3,721 in 2023, +56%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Rapho Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rapho Township is better than 78% of U.S. towns, #328 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Rapho Township’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rapho Township could be anywhere from B− to A+.
The places Rapho Township commutes to
Where Rapho Township clocks in
6% of workers
6% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 29% of the jobs in Rapho Township
3,721 jobs are based in Rapho Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rapho Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,388 → 3,721. 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 Rapho Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Rapho Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 5,091 residents head out to work, 460 work right here, and 3,261 people come in from elsewhere.
About 10,000 people are in Rapho Township on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.67 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Each way, about 25 minutes from Rapho Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rapho Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,386 commuters (the 12% 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.
Where in the region Rapho Township works
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.
For most of Rapho Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rapho Township is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #616 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 6.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,131 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). 1.5% of Rapho Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rapho Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000, Rapho Township ranks 772nd of 2,354 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 20 | Lower Moreland Township PA | 14,116 | $154K | 2.6% | 2.0% | 6% | A+ |
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| 37 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 41 | Skippack Township PA | 14,502 | $148K | 2.5% | 2.4% | 5% | A+ |
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| 770 | Clawson MI | 11,312 | $89K | 5.9% | 4.9% | 4% | A− |
| 771 | Emmaus PA | 12,514 | $84K | 7.3% | 3.3% | 7% | A− |
| 772 | Rapho Township PA | 12,240 | $87K | 4.3% | 4.3% | 8% | A− |
| 773 | West Caln Township PA | 9,088 | $99K | 9.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A− |
| 774 | Monticello MN | 15,670 | $80K | 6.7% | 2.9% | 17% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Rapho Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Bordering towns draw 17% of Rapho Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to East Hempfield Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rapho Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapho Township | – | A− | B− | 25 min | $86,716 |
| Mount Joy Township | under 2% | A | B− | 24 min | $97,926 |
| Penn Township | 5% | A | C+ | 25 min | $87,620 |
| West Hempfield Township | 2% | A | C+ | 25 min | $98,099 |
| East Hempfield Township | 6% | A | B− | 20 min | $99,384 |
| East Donegal Township | under 2% | A− | C | 24 min | $109,158 |
| Manheim | 2% | C+ | A | 24 min | $81,273 |
| Mount Joy | 2% | A− | A | 25 min | $90,061 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rapho 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 Rapho Township: questions
What is the median household income in Rapho Township?
$86,716 (±$14,359) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rapho Township?
4.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rapho Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rapho Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lancaster (7%, 11 mi), East Hempfield Township (6%, 6 mi), Manheim Township (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rapho Township walkable?
Rapho Township is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rapho Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rapho Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rapho 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.