Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0Ross Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole. Employers in Ross Township report 333 jobs, against 2,178 working residents. Ross Township grades C+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Ross Township
No single place dominates Ross Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Chestnuthill Township, gets only 6% of working residents, and 67% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Ross Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Ross Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Ross Township makes and builds things
42% of the jobs based in Ross Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Ross Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 20%. 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.
The four measures behind Ross Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ross Township is better than 35% of U.S. towns, #824 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Ross Township’s grade up (7.3%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (7.8%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ross Township could be anywhere from D to A−.
6% of working residents work in Chestnuthill Township
Where Ross Township clocks in
6% of workers
4% 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.
About 34 minutes to work from Ross Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ross Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,177 commuters (the 7% 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.
Ross Township works in goods: 42% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ross Township, 2013 → 2023: 289 → 333. 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 Ross Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Ross Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 2,112 residents head out to work, 66 work right here, and 267 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,700 people are in Ross Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where in the region Ross Township works
About 23% 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.
For most of Ross Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ross Township is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns, #600 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 10.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 3.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,347 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 2.9% of Ross Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 9% of Ross Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,502 U.S. towns of 3,900 to 7,500, Ross Township comes 2,403rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 25 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
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| 29 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
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| 63 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 2,401 | Roland OK | 4,146 | $52K | 18.2% | 3.0% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,402 | Franklin Township PA | 6,653 | $68K | 13.3% | 4.1% | 18% | C+ |
| 2,403 | Ross Township PA | 5,519 | $64K | 7.3% | 7.8% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,404 | Hilmar-Irwin CA | 6,132 | $80K | 12.8% | 10.3% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,405 | Ocean City MD | 6,840 | $78K | 10.9% | 5.7% | 39% | C+ |
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| 3,502 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Ross Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work in the towns next to Ross Township
The biggest share goes to Chestnuthill Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ross Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Township | – | C+ | B− | 34 min | $64,392 |
| Bushkill Township | under 3% | A | D | 29 min | $120,522 |
| Hamilton Township | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 38 min | $74,414 |
| Eldred Township | under 3% | B | C+ | 34 min | $70,526 |
| Chestnuthill Township | 6% | B− | C | 40 min | $89,842 |
| Plainfield Township | under 3% | B | C | 24 min | $87,230 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ross 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 Ross Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ross Township?
$64,392 (±$29,775) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ross Township?
7.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ross Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ross Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chestnuthill Township (6%, 6 mi), New York City (4%, 76 mi), Pocono Township (3%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ross Township walkable?
Ross Township is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ross Township without a car?
9% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ross Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ross 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.