Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Richland are higher than in 72% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 2.6%, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 11.7%. Jobs and income earn Richland A; getting around on foot earns it C. Only 4% work in Richland itself; outside it, Jackson Township draws the most (7%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Richland apart on work
How Richland earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Richland is better than 90% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 69% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.2%) is left out: Richland’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Richland could be anywhere from A− to A.
Factories, building and farms: 56% of the jobs in Richland
388 jobs are based in Richland.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Richland, 2014 → 2024: 478 → 388. 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 Richland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Richland
On a workday 583 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 366 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Richland on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.64 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Richland: the destinations
Where Richland clocks in
7% of workers
3% 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 Richland: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Richland workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 691 commuters (the 18% 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 Richland, by distance
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.
For most of Richland, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Richland is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% 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 841 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). 3.4% of Richland households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Richland’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Richland ranks: 308th of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 306 | Gilbert IA | 1,389 | $123K | 3.4% | 4.1% | 8% | A |
| 307 | Beechwood Village KY | 1,297 | $118K | 8.7% | 1.9% | <1% | A |
| 308 | Richland PA | 1,524 | $94K | 2.6% | 2.2% | 4% | A |
| 309 | New Glarus WI | 1,427 | $138K | 0.7% | 0.9% | 2% | A |
| 310 | Darmstadt IN | 1,441 | $107K | 3.3% | 0.9% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Richland, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
10% of Richland works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Richland workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richland | – | A | C | 25 min | $93,900 |
| Millcreek Township | 3% | A− | D | 27 min | $91,181 |
| Jackson Township | 7% | A | C | 24 min | $84,241 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Jackson Township. Darker towns draw more of Richland’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 Richland: questions
What is the median household income in Richland?
$93,900 (±$11,213) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Richland?
2.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Richland?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Richland work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson Township (7%, 4 mi), Myerstown (4%, 3 mi), Lebanon (3%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Richland walkable?
Richland is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Richland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Richland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Richland
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.