Photo: Les Truchel · CC BY 3.0Unemployment in Shenango Township (2.0%) is lower than in 85% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Shenango Township is behind 58% of U.S. towns. Shenango Township grades B for jobs and income and D for walkability. For 1% of workers, the job is at home; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Shenango Township: the gist
Few Shenango Township workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
The jobs in Shenango Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
81% of the jobs based in Shenango Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 61% of the jobs Shenango Township residents hold. 94% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Shenango Township. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
47% of the jobs in Shenango Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 17% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Shenango Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Shenango Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Shenango Township is better than 64% of U.S. towns, #535 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment holds Shenango Township’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($70,139, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Shenango Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Commuting from Shenango Township: about 20 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shenango Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,404 commuters (the 1% 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.
81% of the jobs in Shenango Township pay over $3,333 a month
1,124 jobs are based in Shenango Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shenango Township, 2014 → 2024: 949 → 1,124. 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 Shenango Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Shenango Township
On a workday 1,410 residents head out to work, 73 work right here, and 1,051 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,100 people are in Shenango Township on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
18% of working residents work in Hermitage
Where Shenango Township clocks in
18% 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.
How far it is to work from Shenango Township
About 19% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Shenango Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Shenango Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns, #1,003 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Shenango 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 1,412 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). 6.8% of Shenango Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Shenango Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Shenango Township places 1,511th of 4,402 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600
| # | 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% | 3% | 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% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| 68 | West Pikeland Township PA | 4,045 | $226K | 0.9% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,509 | Oil Township IN | 2,751 | $93K | 1.6% | 3.3% | 9% | B |
| 1,510 | Escanaba Township MI | 3,552 | $81K | 4.6% | 2.2% | 8% | B |
| 1,511 | Shenango Township PA | 3,431 | $70K | 10.9% | 2.0% | 5% | B |
| 1,512 | Connoquenessing Township PA | 4,151 | $85K | 10.2% | 3.2% | 4% | B |
| 1,513 | Cedar Creek TX | 4,440 | $74K | 14.2% | 1.5% | <1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Shenango Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns next door employ 18% of Shenango Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Shenango Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shenango Township | – | B | D | 20 min | $70,139 |
| Hermitage | 18% | B− | C | 20 min | $70,052 |
| Pulaski Township | under 2% | B | C− | 24 min | $74,583 |
| Lackawannock Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 22 min | $57,500 |
| Wilmington Township | under 2% | B | B+ | 29 min | $85,288 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hermitage. Darker towns draw more of Shenango 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 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 Shenango Township: questions
What is the median household income in Shenango Township?
$70,139 (±$13,767) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shenango Township?
10.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shenango Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shenango Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hermitage (18%, 6 mi), West Middlesex (7%, 2 mi), Sharon (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Shenango Township walkable?
Shenango Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Shenango Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Shenango Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shenango Township
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.