Photo: Montgomery County Planning Commission · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in Skippack Township have higher incomes than those in 95% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Skippack Township are A+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Below the poverty line: 2.5% of residents (Pennsylvania 11.7%). Working from home is the commute for 33% of workers; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Skippack Township in brief
Home offices are common in Skippack Township
33% of Skippack Township workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
Most jobs in Skippack Township pay over $40,000 a year
83% of the jobs based in Skippack Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Skippack Township draws workers from far and wide
The 7,336 jobs in Skippack Township are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 23%; the other 73% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Skippack Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Skippack Township went from 4,175 in 2013 to 7,336 in 2023, +76%. The jobs ↓
Nearly all the work in Skippack Township is services
86% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 7% are in factories, building or farms. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Skippack Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Skippack Township is among the top U.S. towns, #9 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate is its strongest input; unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Skippack Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
Each way, about 30 minutes from Skippack Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Skippack Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,633 commuters (the 33% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
7,336 jobs are based in Skippack Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Skippack Township, 2013 → 2023: 4,175 → 7,336. 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 Skippack Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
9% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Skippack Township clocks in
9% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Skippack Township
On a workday 5,459 residents head out to work, 262 work right here, and 7,074 people come in from elsewhere.
About 16,000 people are in Skippack Township on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Skippack Township
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 Skippack Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Skippack Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns, #577 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,430 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 29% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.6% of Skippack Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Skippack Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,362 U.S. towns of 10,000 to 20,000, Skippack Township comes 35th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
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| 18 | Lower Moreland Township PA | 14,116 | $154K | 2.6% | 2.0% | 6% | A+ |
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| 33 | Riverside Township IL | 16,083 | $122K | 4.5% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| 34 | Hopkinton MA | 19,866 | $223K | 2.5% | 2.3% | 10% | A+ |
| 35 | Skippack Township PA | 14,502 | $148K | 2.5% | 2.4% | 5% | A+ |
| 36 | Franconia VA | 18,335 | $152K | 2.8% | 2.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 37 | Hinsdale IL | 17,573 | $250K | 2.9% | 3.2% | 5% | A+ |
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| 51 | Upper Uwchlan Township PA | 13,681 | $191K | 1.6% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 59 | South Fayette Township PA | 18,648 | $124K | 3.6% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
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| 2,362 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Skippack Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door to Skippack Township
The biggest share goes to Lower Salford Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Skippack Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skippack Township | – | A+ | B− | 30 min | $147,979 |
| Perkiomen Township | under 2% | A+ | C | 29 min | $153,750 |
| Lower Salford Township | 2% | A | B | 29 min | $146,481 |
| Lower Providence Township | 2% | A | A− | 28 min | $119,165 |
| Worcester Township | under 2% | A+ | B | 29 min | $185,114 |
| Evansburg | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Upper Salford Township | under 2% | A+ | C | 25 min | $138,600 |
Same-state neighbors only. Evansburg: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Skippack 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 Skippack Township: questions
What is the median household income in Skippack Township?
$147,979 (±$13,225) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Skippack Township?
2.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Skippack Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 33% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Skippack Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (9%, 21 mi), Upper Merion Township (4%, 9 mi), Upper Gwynedd Township (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Skippack Township walkable?
Skippack Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Skippack Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Skippack Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Skippack 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.