Photo: JOHN LLOYD · CC BY 2.0Red Lion has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 37.7 in Philadelphia. Employers in Red Lion report 1,777 jobs, against 3,343 working residents. The two grades for Red Lion are B− for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Red Lion
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Red Lion
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Red Lion is better than 54% of U.S. towns, #648 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Red Lion’s grade up (ahead of 71% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (16.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Red Lion could be anywhere from C− to A.
Red Lion works in goods: 38% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Red Lion, 2014 → 2024: 2,339 → 1,777. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Red Lion’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Red Lion, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 3,156 residents head out to work, 187 work right here, and 1,590 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,000 people are in Red Lion on a workday afternoon, 24% 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 2024, primary jobs.
9% of working residents work in York Township
Where Red Lion clocks in
9% of workers
8% 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 25 minutes each way, about the PA average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Red Lion workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,020 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.
Where in the region Red Lion works
About 15% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Red Lion
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Red Lion is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns, #127 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 5.6% 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 3,264 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 33% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 66% 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). 9.5% of Red Lion households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Red Lion’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Red Lion is 1,679th among 3,218 U.S. towns of 4,600 to 8,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 5% | A+ |
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| 23 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,677 | Perry IA | 8,208 | $69K | 8.9% | 3.6% | 22% | B− |
| 1,678 | Vine Grove KY | 7,018 | $73K | 11.1% | 3.5% | 3% | B− |
| 1,679 | Red Lion PA | 6,523 | $73K | 16.0% | 3.1% | 6% | B− |
| 1,680 | Rockport MA | 7,126 | $96K | 6.3% | 8.4% | 13% | B− |
| 1,681 | West Milton OH | 4,871 | $63K | 15.3% | 2.3% | 7% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,218 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Red Lion, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
12% of Red Lion works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to York Township (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Red Lion workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Lion | – | B− | A | 25 min | $72,901 |
| York Township | 9% | A− | B | 25 min | $80,190 |
| Windsor Township | 3% | A− | D | 24 min | $95,700 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Red Lion’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 2024, 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 Red Lion: questions
What is the median household income in Red Lion?
$72,901 (±$15,393) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Red Lion?
16.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Red Lion?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Red Lion work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are York Township (9%, 4 mi), Springettsbury Township (8%, 7 mi), York (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Red Lion walkable?
Red Lion is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 15.1 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Red Lion without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 33% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Red Lion, from the people who make the trip.
More of Red Lion
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.