Juniata Woolen Mill and Newry Manor · Photo: Jet Lowe · Public domainSnake Spring Township has 2.0 jobs for every working resident: 1,360 people commute in to work
For jobs and income Snake Spring Township is better than 51% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (B). Snake Spring Township has 1,413 jobs, against 694 working residents. Only 8% work in Snake Spring Township; the top destination outside it is Bedford Township (19%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Snake Spring Township: the gist
Jobs & income in Snake Spring Township: the grade in detail
The poverty rate holds Snake Spring Township’s grade up (5.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 30% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.6%) is left out: Snake Spring 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, Snake Spring Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
The daily flow of workers through Snake Spring Township
On a workday 641 residents head out to work and 53 work right here.
About 2,500 people are in Snake Spring Township on a workday afternoon, 41% more 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.
Where Snake Spring Township’s workers come from
Where Snake Spring Township clocks in
19% of workers
10% of workers
3% 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 Snake Spring Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Snake Spring Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,542 → 1,413. 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 Snake Spring Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Snake Spring Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Snake Spring Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 701 commuters (the 9% 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.
How far Snake Spring Township goes to work
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.
Few in Snake Spring Township walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 6.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 774 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). 5.0% of Snake Spring Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Snake Spring Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,228th of 6,085: where Snake Spring Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,200 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 38 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,226 | Spring Township KS | 1,472 | $94K | 15.1% | 6.1% | 2% | B− |
| 2,227 | Somerset Township OH | 1,217 | $77K | 1.9% | 17.3% | 1% | B− |
| 2,228 | Snake Spring Township PA | 1,773 | $74K | 5.9% | 3.6% | 8% | B− |
| 2,229 | Tullytown PA | 2,228 | $65K | 13.6% | 4.7% | 4% | B− |
| 2,230 | Filer Township MI | 2,289 | $75K | 3.8% | 3.8% | 7% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | 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 Snake Spring Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Bordering towns draw 24% of Snake Spring Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Snake Spring Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snake Spring Township | – | B− | B | 22 min | $73,571 |
| Bedford Township | 19% | C+ | C | 20 min | $61,136 |
| Hopewell Township | under 2% | D | C− | 35 min | $64,199 |
| West Providence Township | 3% | B | C+ | 23 min | $79,844 |
| South Woodbury Township | 2% | B− | B | 28 min | $74,722 |
| Colerain Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 25 min | $66,607 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bedford Township. Darker towns draw more of Snake Spring 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 Snake Spring Township: questions
What is the median household income in Snake Spring Township?
$73,571 (±$14,852) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Snake Spring Township?
5.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Snake Spring Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Snake Spring Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bedford Township (19%, 5 mi), Bedford (10%, 5 mi), West Providence Township (3%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Snake Spring Township walkable?
Snake Spring Township is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Snake Spring Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Snake Spring Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Snake Spring 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.