Photo: Chris Collins from Pittsburgh, PA, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0A job hub: Richhill Township has 3.5 jobs per working resident, and 1,069 people come in to work
Commuters spend 33 minutes getting to work on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. Richhill Township has 1,085 jobs, against 314 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (Pennsylvania 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Richhill Township
Richhill Township fills up on a workday
Richhill Township has 1,085 jobs, 3.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,500 people are in town, more than double the 730 who live here. Day and night ↓
Richhill Township makes and builds things
97% of the jobs based in Richhill Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Richhill Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 25%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Richhill Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
96% of the jobs based in Richhill Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 59% of the jobs Richhill Township residents hold. 99% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Richhill Township. 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; with 314 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Richhill Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 298 residents head out to work and 16 work right here.
About 1,500 people are in Richhill Township on a workday afternoon, 106% more 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.
Goods, not services: 97% of the jobs in Richhill Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Richhill Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,751 → 1,085. 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 Richhill Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Richhill Township’s workers come from
Where Richhill Township clocks in
10% of workers
10% of workers
5% 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.
Time on the road from Richhill Township: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Richhill Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 266 commuters (the 0% 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.
How far it is to work from Richhill Township
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.
10% of Richhill Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Richhill Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richhill Township | – | — | — | 33 min | $74,167 |
| West Finley Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Morris Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| East Finley Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 35 min | $78,333 |
| Gray Township | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Aleppo Township | under 2% | — | — | 67 min | — |
| Center Township | 10% | C− | B− | 27 min | $67,500 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | — | — | 56 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. West Finley Township, Morris Township, Gray Township, Aleppo Township and Jackson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Center Township. Darker towns draw more of Richhill 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 Richhill Township: questions
What is the median household income in Richhill Township?
$74,167 (±$32,425) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Richhill Township?
12.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Richhill Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Richhill Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Franklin Township (10%, 14 mi), Center Township (10%, 9 mi), Pittsburgh (5%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Richhill Township without a car?
2% 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 Richhill Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Richhill 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.