Photo: Jet Lowe · Public domainShade Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 327 jobs in Shade Township, and 1,018 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Shade Township are C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. 7% of workers work from home, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Shade Township apart on work
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Shade Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Shade Township is better than 38% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Shade Township’s grade up (3.9%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Shade Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shade Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,038 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.
The daily flow of workers through Shade Township
On a workday 945 residents head out to work, 73 work right here, and 254 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Shade Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
8% of working residents work in Richland Township
Where Shade Township clocks in
8% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
The kinds of work in Shade Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shade Township, 2013 → 2023: 359 → 327. 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 Shade Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Shade Township
About 22% 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.
Most trips from Shade Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Shade Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Shade Township 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 1,113 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). 3.8% of Shade Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Shade Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Shade Township ranks: 2,824th of 4,995 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200
| # | 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+ |
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| 25 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
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| 62 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
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| 73 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
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| 2,822 | Jefferson Township OH | 2,553 | $49K | 23.4% | 1.5% | 13% | C+ |
| 2,823 | Donegal Township PA | 2,187 | $63K | 11.2% | 7.7% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,824 | Shade Township PA | 2,374 | $67K | 9.0% | 3.9% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,825 | Rising Sun IN | 2,222 | $59K | 11.6% | 2.2% | 16% | C+ |
| 2,826 | Cohasset MN | 2,728 | $93K | 6.4% | 8.6% | 8% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | 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 Shade Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Around Shade Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Quemahoning Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Shade Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shade Township | – | C+ | D | 31 min | $66,774 |
| Ogle Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Quemahoning Township | 2% | C+ | B− | 24 min | $59,147 |
| Paint Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 24 min | $61,364 |
| Allegheny Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Stonycreek Township | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 24 min | $73,438 |
| Hooversville | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Juniata Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Napier Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 29 min | $61,656 |
Same-state neighbors only. Ogle Township, Allegheny Township, Hooversville and Juniata Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Shade 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 Shade Township: questions
What is the median household income in Shade Township?
$66,774 (±$11,412) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shade Township?
9.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shade Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shade Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richland Township (8%, 12 mi), Somerset (7%, 15 mi), Somerset Township (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Shade Township walkable?
Shade Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Shade Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Shade Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shade 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.