Photo: Public domain · Public domainHousehold incomes in Ryan Township top those of 69% of U.S. towns
For 4% of workers, the job is at home, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole. 8.9% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 11.7% for Pennsylvania as a whole. The two grades for Ryan Township are B for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Ryan Township: the gist
The jobs in Ryan Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
87% of the jobs based in Ryan Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 58% of the jobs Ryan Township residents hold. 99% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Ryan Township. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Few Ryan Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 717 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Ryan Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Ryan Township is better than 59% of U.S. towns, #601 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Household income holds Ryan Township’s grade up ($91,176, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 42% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (3.6%) is left out: Ryan Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Ryan Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Services make up most of the work in Ryan Township
695 jobs are based in Ryan Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ryan Township, 2013 → 2023: 526 → 695. 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 Ryan Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Ryan Township works
About 33% 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.
The daily trip from Ryan Township: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ryan Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 727 commuters (the 4% 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.
Ryan Township by day and by night
On a workday 708 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 686 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
5% of working residents work in Pottsville
Where Ryan Township clocks in
5% of workers
4% 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.
In Ryan Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ryan Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns, #966 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 756 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). 5.5% of Ryan Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Ryan Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Ryan Township is 1,716th among 4,868 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 70 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,714 | Perry Township IN | 2,343 | $82K | 8.4% | 2.4% | 3% | B |
| 1,715 | Pulaski Township OH | 2,433 | $67K | 7.5% | 2.2% | 1% | B |
| 1,716 | Ryan Township PA | 2,550 | $91K | 8.9% | 3.6% | 1% | B |
| 1,717 | Holden Heights FL | 3,286 | $49K | 12.3% | 2.3% | <1% | B |
| 1,718 | Wilkshire Hills OH | 2,987 | $63K | 8.5% | 3.5% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,868 | 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 Ryan Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns around Ryan Township
The biggest share goes to Mahanoy Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ryan Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Township | – | B | D | 28 min | $91,176 |
| Mahanoy Township | 3% | C− | C− | 29 min | $59,474 |
| Rush Township | 3% | C | B− | 36 min | $76,392 |
| West Mahanoy Township | under 2% | C− | C− | 22 min | $85,471 |
| Blythe Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Schuylkill Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 33 min | $71,500 |
| Delano Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Blythe Township and Delano Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ryan 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 Ryan Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ryan Township?
$91,176 (±$15,411) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ryan Township?
8.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ryan Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ryan Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pottsville (5%, 9 mi), Philadelphia (4%, 75 mi), Mahanoy City (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ryan Township walkable?
Ryan Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ryan Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ryan Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ryan 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.