Woodland · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of St. Thomas Township works elsewhere
Home is the office for 6% of workers; Pennsylvania has 16%. St. Thomas Township has 429 jobs, and 2,520 of its residents work somewhere. Only 4% work in St. Thomas Township; the top destination outside it is Chambersburg (17%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in St. Thomas Township: the gist
Jobs & income in St. Thomas Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, St. Thomas Township is better than 40% of U.S. towns, #776 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds St. Thomas Township’s grade up (7.3%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.9%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, St. Thomas Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
The workday shuffle in and out of St. Thomas Township
On a workday 2,413 residents head out to work, 107 work right here, and 322 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,900 people are in St. Thomas Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Commuting out of St. Thomas Township: the destinations
Where St. Thomas Township clocks in
17% 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.
In St. Thomas Township, 34% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Thomas Township, 2013 → 2023: 287 → 429. 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 St. Thomas Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes to work from St. Thomas Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Thomas Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,565 commuters (the 6% 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.
Miles to work from St. Thomas Township
About 25% 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.
Driving is how St. Thomas Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, St. Thomas Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns, #766 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,735 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). 0.0% of St. Thomas Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of St. Thomas Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,394 U.S. towns of 4,200 to 8,100, St. Thomas Township comes 2,201st on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 25 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
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| 30 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
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| 63 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 2,199 | Hudson TX | 5,328 | $46K | 11.9% | 2.6% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,200 | East End AR | 6,912 | $88K | 14.5% | 9.2% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,201 | St. Thomas Township PA | 6,027 | $74K | 7.3% | 5.9% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,202 | Schriever LA | 6,690 | $67K | 13.9% | 4.0% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,203 | Madison ME | 4,888 | $62K | 15.0% | 0.7% | 8% | C+ |
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| 3,394 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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 St. Thomas Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
11% of St. Thomas Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Antrim Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Thomas Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Thomas Township | – | C+ | C | 25 min | $73,642 |
| Hamilton Township | 3% | B+ | C− | 23 min | $99,821 |
| Antrim Township | 5% | A− | D | 23 min | $94,205 |
| Metal Township | under 3% | C+ | B− | 29 min | $79,750 |
| Peters Township | 3% | B− | C+ | 30 min | $76,829 |
| Letterkenny Township | under 3% | B+ | C | 24 min | $82,629 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of St. Thomas 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 St. Thomas Township: questions
What is the median household income in St. Thomas Township?
$73,642 (±$13,888) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Thomas Township?
7.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Thomas Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Thomas Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chambersburg (17%, 8 mi), Guilford Township (7%, 11 mi), Antrim Township (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is St. Thomas Township walkable?
St. Thomas Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around St. Thomas Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Thomas Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Thomas 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.