Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 4.0At 7.3%, unemployment in Smithfield Township is higher than in 84% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Smithfield Township is ahead of 81% of U.S. towns. The two grades for Smithfield Township are B− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 37.7 in Philadelphia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Smithfield Township: the figures worth knowing
Smithfield Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 48 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 368 hours of commuting, 169 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (29 to 44 minutes). Time on the road ↓
No single place dominates Smithfield Township’s commute
The biggest draw, East Stroudsburg, gets only 8% of working residents, and 58% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Smithfield Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Smithfield Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Smithfield Township went from 1,729 in 2013 to 2,428 in 2023, +40%. 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.
Income, poverty and work: Smithfield Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Smithfield Township is better than 48% of U.S. towns, #704 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Household income holds Smithfield Township’s grade up ($105,705, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Smithfield Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
About 48 minutes each way for Smithfield Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Smithfield Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,150 commuters (the 14% 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.
8% of working residents work in East Stroudsburg
Where Smithfield Township clocks in
8% of workers
5% 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.
What the 2,428 jobs in Smithfield Township are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Smithfield Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,729 → 2,428. 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 Smithfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Smithfield Township by day and by night
On a workday 2,743 residents head out to work, 185 work right here, and 2,243 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 (0.83 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Smithfield Township
About 30% 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 Smithfield Township, walking beats the bus
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 8.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,655 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 1.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 61% 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). 4.5% of Smithfield Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Smithfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Smithfield Township ranks: 1,815th of 3,069 U.S. towns of 5,500 to 10,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 22 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
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| 57 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 67 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
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| 1,813 | Ellsworth ME | 8,862 | $77K | 9.3% | 2.8% | 36% | B− |
| 1,814 | San Leon TX | 6,458 | $75K | 8.5% | 11.1% | 9% | B− |
| 1,815 | Smithfield Township PA | 7,890 | $106K | 9.0% | 7.3% | 6% | B− |
| 1,816 | South Lakes AK | 6,180 | $98K | 7.6% | 5.2% | — | B− |
| 1,817 | Edgewood NM | 6,157 | $85K | 8.3% | 5.1% | 10% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,069 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Smithfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
15% of Smithfield Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to East Stroudsburg (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Smithfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smithfield Township | – | B− | A− | 48 min | $105,705 |
| East Stroudsburg | 8% | C− | A+ | 29 min | $59,821 |
| Delaware Water Gap | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Stroud Township | 7% | B | A− | 34 min | $95,087 |
| Upper Mount Bethel Township | under 2% | B− | C | 44 min | $82,009 |
Same-state neighbors only. Delaware Water Gap: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Smithfield 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 Smithfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Smithfield Township?
$105,705 (±$9,495) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Smithfield Township?
9.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Smithfield Township?
48 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Smithfield Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are East Stroudsburg (8%, 2 mi), Stroud Township (7%, 5 mi), New York City (5%, 67 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Smithfield Township walkable?
Smithfield Township is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Smithfield Township without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Smithfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Smithfield 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.