Lyle Covered Bridge · Photo: Lee Paxton (Original uploader was Leepaxton at en.wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0Robinson Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Only 2% stay in Robinson Township for work; outside it, Pittsburgh is the main destination (15%, 17 miles). Robinson Township has 354 jobs; 767 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Robinson Township are B for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Robinson Township: the figures worth knowing
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Robinson Township
On income, poverty and job access, Robinson Township is better than 61% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Robinson Township’s grade up (ahead of 78% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.3%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.6%) is left out: Robinson Township’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, Robinson Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
A place that makes things: 47% of Robinson Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Robinson Township, 2014 → 2024: 178 → 354. 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 Robinson Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Robinson Township
On a workday 752 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 339 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Robinson Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Where people from Robinson Township work
Where Robinson Township clocks in
15% of workers
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.
How long Robinson Township spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Robinson Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 779 commuters (the 13% 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 Robinson Township, 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.
Getting around Robinson Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Robinson Township is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 900 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). 1.7% of Robinson Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Robinson Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Robinson Township is 1,575th among 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 7% | A+ |
| 37 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,573 | Charleston NY | 1,356 | $91K | 4.1% | 7.3% | 2% | B |
| 1,574 | Washington Township OH | 1,266 | $96K | 6.1% | 5.7% | 1% | B |
| 1,575 | Robinson Township PA | 1,672 | $83K | 13.3% | 1.6% | 2% | B |
| 1,576 | March ARB CA | 1,273 | $72K | 29.3% | 9.3% | 3% | B |
| 1,577 | Foxfire NC | 1,426 | $85K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | 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 Robinson Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns next door employ 12% of Robinson Township
The biggest share goes to Findlay Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Robinson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robinson Township | – | B | B− | 27 min | $82,700 |
| Smith Township | 2% | B+ | C+ | 30 min | $73,452 |
| Hanover Township | under 2% | B | C− | 32 min | $81,875 |
| Mount Pleasant Township | 2% | A | C− | 27 min | $94,485 |
| Midway | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Cecil Township | 2% | A | C | 27 min | $105,303 |
| McDonald | under 2% | B+ | A | 26 min | $65,625 |
| Bulger | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Findlay Township | 6% | A | C+ | 19 min | $110,625 |
| Hanover Township | under 2% | B− | D | 27 min | $91,140 |
Same-state neighbors only. Midway: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Bulger: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Robinson 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 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 Robinson Township: questions
What is the median household income in Robinson Township?
$82,700 (±$6,637) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Robinson Township?
13.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Robinson Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Robinson Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (15%, 17 mi), Findlay Township (6%, 4 mi), North Fayette Township (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Robinson Township walkable?
Robinson Township is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Robinson Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Robinson Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Robinson Township
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.