Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHousehold incomes in Seven Fields top those of 86% of U.S. towns
0.6% of residents live below the poverty line, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania. The two grades for Seven Fields are A for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Only 2% work in Seven Fields itself; outside it, Cranberry Township draws the most (14%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Seven Fields
Where Seven Fields’ Jobs & income grade comes from
The poverty rate holds Seven Fields’ grade up; unemployment pulls it down (5.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Seven Fields could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
How a workday changes Seven Fields
On a workday 1,163 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 1,259 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 (1.08 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.
Where the trip to work from Seven Fields ends
Where Seven Fields clocks in
14% of workers
14% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Seven Fields
1,285 jobs are based in Seven Fields.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Seven Fields, 2013 → 2023: 999 → 1,285. 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 Seven Fields’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes to work from Seven Fields
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Seven Fields workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,257 commuters (the 22% 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.
Where in the region Seven Fields works
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Seven Fields
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Seven Fields is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns, #271 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Seven Fields 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 1,620 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). 2.0% of Seven Fields households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Seven Fields’ commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Seven Fields is 558th of 4,882 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 71 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 556 | Menomonie WI | 3,514 | $93K | 1.4% | 1.0% | 1% | A |
| 557 | Bear Creek FL | 2,179 | $67K | 16.2% | 1.1% | 2% | A |
| 558 | Seven Fields PA | 2,864 | $114K | 0.6% | 5.4% | 2% | A |
| 559 | Green Township IN | 2,040 | $90K | 4.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| 560 | South Franklin Township PA | 2,855 | $89K | 0.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Seven Fields, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
18% of Seven Fields works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Seven Fields workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Fields | – | A | A− | 27 min | $114,000 |
| Cranberry Township | 14% | A | B− | 27 min | $125,126 |
| Adams Township | 4% | A− | B− | 31 min | $150,173 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Cranberry Township. Darker towns draw more of Seven Fields’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 Seven Fields: questions
What is the median household income in Seven Fields?
$114,000 (±$23,615) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Seven Fields?
0.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Seven Fields?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Seven Fields work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cranberry Township (14%, 3 mi), Pittsburgh (14%, 18 mi), Adams Township (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Seven Fields walkable?
Seven Fields is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Seven Fields 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 Seven Fields, from the people who make the trip.
More of Seven Fields
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.