Photo: Smallbones · Public domainHouseholds in Rose Valley earn more than in almost any other U.S. town
The two grades for Rose Valley are A+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. Measured by household income, Rose Valley is among the highest-earning towns in the country. Poverty touches 2.9% of residents, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 11.7%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Rose Valley and work: the main findings
How Rose Valley earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Rose Valley is among the top U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Rose Valley’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (1.5%) is left out: Rose Valley’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Rose Valley stays A+.
A commute of about 28 minutes in Rose Valley
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rose Valley workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 362 commuters (the 32% 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.
Rose Valley on a workday afternoon
On a workday 405 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 138 people come in from elsewhere.
About 750 people are in Rose Valley on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
0.35 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.
23% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Rose Valley clocks in
23% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Rose Valley
141 jobs are based in Rose Valley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rose Valley, 2014 → 2024: 83 → 141. 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 Rose Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Rose Valley commutes
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Rose Valley
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rose Valley is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Rose Valley 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 529 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, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 77% 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). 2.2% of Rose Valley households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Rose Valley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Rose Valley places 11th of 3,133 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 7 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 17% | A+ |
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| 9 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 10 | Plandome Heights NY | 1,019 | $250K | 3.8% | 6.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 11 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| 12 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 13 | Acalanes Ridge CA | 1,006 | $181K | 1.5% | 7.7% | 1% | A+ |
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| 22 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 40 | Tatamy PA | 1,389 | $122K | 0.8% | 5.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Rose Valley, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Rose Valley and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Nether Providence Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rose Valley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Valley | – | A+ | A | 28 min | $246,875 |
| Nether Providence Township | 6% | A | A | 31 min | $150,950 |
| Middletown Township | 2% | A+ | A | 30 min | $129,300 |
| Brookhaven | under 2% | A | A− | 27 min | $91,042 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rose Valley’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 Rose Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Rose Valley?
$246,875 (±$61,474) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rose Valley?
2.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rose Valley?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 32% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rose Valley work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (23%, 16 mi), Nether Providence Township (6%, 1 mi), Media (3%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Rose Valley walkable?
Rose Valley is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 11.5 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rose Valley without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rose Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rose Valley
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.