Photo: Nyttend · Public domainShippen Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
2% of workers have no commute at all (Pennsylvania 16%). There are 329 jobs in Shippen Township for 742 working residents. Shippen Township grades D for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Shippen Township: the figures worth knowing
Shippen Township makes and builds things
75% of the jobs based in Shippen Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Shippen Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 37%. The jobs ↓
Shippen Township and Emporium trade workers both ways
Emporium is the top workplace for Shippen Township residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Shippen Township come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Shippen Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Shippen Township fell from 850 in 2013 to 329 in 2023, −61%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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; with 742 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Shippen Township
On income, poverty and job access, Shippen Township is better than 11% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Shippen Township’s grade up ($62,000, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (7.6%) is left out: Shippen Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Shippen Township could be anywhere from D− to C−.
In Shippen Township, 75% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shippen Township, 2013 → 2023: 850 → 329. 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 Shippen Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
27% of working residents work in Emporium
Where Shippen Township clocks in
27% of workers
10% of workers
2% 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 a workday changes Shippen Township
On a workday 641 residents head out to work, 101 work right here, and 228 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Shippen Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
About 19 minutes each way for Shippen Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shippen Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 772 commuters (the 2% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Shippen Township
About 24% 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.
In Shippen Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Shippen Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 3.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 789 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). 7.5% of Shippen Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Shippen Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Shippen Township is 4,413th of 5,343 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 34 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,411 | John Day OR | 1,634 | $58K | 12.9% | 6.9% | 36% | D |
| 4,412 | Bridgewater NY | 1,514 | $45K | 18.3% | 4.1% | 5% | D |
| 4,413 | Shippen Township PA | 1,805 | $62K | 14.5% | 7.6% | 14% | D |
| 4,414 | Steeleville IL | 1,883 | $60K | 22.5% | 3.7% | 22% | D |
| 4,415 | Dry Ridge KY | 2,249 | $56K | 21.9% | 6.9% | 8% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Shippen Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Bordering towns draw 10% of Shippen Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Shippen Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shippen Township | – | D | C− | 19 min | $62,000 |
| Portage Township | under 2% | — | — | 11 min | — |
| Lumber Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Benezette Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Jones Township | under 2% | C− | C+ | 25 min | $67,500 |
| St. Marys | 10% | C | C+ | 14 min | $67,167 |
| Norwich Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Gibson Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Sergeant Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Portage Township, Lumber Township, Benezette Township, Norwich Township, Gibson Township and Sergeant Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to St. Marys. Darker towns draw more of Shippen 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 Shippen Township: questions
What is the median household income in Shippen Township?
$62,000 (±$8,439) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shippen Township?
14.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shippen Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shippen Township work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Emporium (27%, 5 mi), St. Marys (10%, 11 mi), DuBois (2%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Shippen Township walkable?
Shippen Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Shippen Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Shippen Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shippen 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.