Roaring Brook Township has higher household incomes than 91% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Roaring Brook Township B+; getting around on foot earns it C−. 5.6% of residents live below the poverty line (Pennsylvania 11.7%). Hardly any work in Roaring Brook Township itself; outside it, Scranton draws the most (21%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Roaring Brook Township apart on work
A lot of Roaring Brook Township works one town over
34% of working residents work in a town that borders Roaring Brook Township: Scranton (21%), Dunmore (8%) and Moscow (5%). Next door ↓
Roaring Brook Township is a place people come home to
There are 193 jobs based in Roaring Brook Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Roaring Brook Township has about 1,600 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 943 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Roaring Brook Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Roaring Brook Township is better than 70% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Roaring Brook Township’s grade up ($127,500, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Roaring Brook Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Roaring Brook Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 936 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 186 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Roaring Brook Township on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.20 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.
The places Roaring Brook Township commutes to
Where Roaring Brook Township clocks in
21% 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.
Roaring Brook Township works in goods: 37% of its jobs
193 jobs are based in Roaring Brook Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Roaring Brook Township, 2013 → 2023: 216 → 193. 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 Roaring Brook Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way, about the PA average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Roaring Brook Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 910 commuters (the 17% 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 Roaring Brook Township, by distance
About 18% 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.
Most trips from Roaring Brook Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Roaring Brook Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Roaring Brook Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,090 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). 0.9% of Roaring Brook Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Roaring Brook Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Roaring Brook Township ranks: 1,216th of 4,995 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 25 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
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| 62 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
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| 73 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
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| 1,214 | Clay Township KS | 2,001 | $96K | 6.3% | 2.1% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,215 | Westmoreland NH | 1,757 | $104K | 6.2% | 2.7% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,216 | Roaring Brook Township PA | 2,392 | $128K | 5.6% | 5.9% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,217 | Huntington VT | 1,931 | $94K | 5.8% | 2.5% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,218 | Bellemont AZ | 1,701 | $120K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Roaring Brook Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
34% of Roaring Brook Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Roaring Brook Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roaring Brook Township | – | B+ | C− | 25 min | $127,500 |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 28 min | $92,234 |
| Moscow | 5% | A− | B− | 22 min | $82,031 |
| Scranton | 21% | C | A | 19 min | $50,739 |
| Dunmore | 8% | B | A− | 18 min | $71,302 |
| Madison Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 23 min | $79,769 |
| Mount Cobb | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mount Cobb: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Scranton. Darker towns draw more of Roaring Brook 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 Roaring Brook Township: questions
What is the median household income in Roaring Brook Township?
$127,500 (±$34,762) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Roaring Brook Township?
5.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Roaring Brook Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Roaring Brook Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Scranton (21%, 5 mi), Dunmore (8%, 3 mi), Moscow (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Roaring Brook Township walkable?
Roaring Brook Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Roaring Brook Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Roaring Brook Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roaring Brook 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.