Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and earnings in Susquehanna Township, and the trip to work
The two grades for Susquehanna Township are B− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. 6% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Only 7% stay in Susquehanna Township for work; outside it, Walker Township is the main destination (5%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Susquehanna Township: the figures worth knowing
Susquehanna Township makes and builds things
80% of the jobs based in Susquehanna Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Susquehanna Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 35%. The jobs ↓
Susquehanna Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 502 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Susquehanna Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Susquehanna Township is better than 48% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Susquehanna Township’s grade up (3.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 13% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.7%) is left out: Susquehanna 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, Susquehanna Township could be anywhere from C to B.
A place that makes things: 80% of Susquehanna Township’s jobs are in goods
343 jobs are based in Susquehanna Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Susquehanna Township, 2014 → 2024: 292 → 343. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Susquehanna Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Susquehanna Township, about 37 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Susquehanna Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 617 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.
Who works in Susquehanna Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 467 residents head out to work, 35 work right here, and 308 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Susquehanna Township on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.68 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Susquehanna Township to work: where people go
Where Susquehanna Township clocks in
5% of workers
4% 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.
How many miles Susquehanna Township commutes
About 16% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Susquehanna Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Susquehanna Township is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 11.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 3.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 656 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). 1.2% of Susquehanna Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Susquehanna Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Susquehanna Township is 1,530th of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,528 | Jasper Township MI | 1,073 | $80K | 7.1% | 4.9% | 0% | B− |
| 1,529 | Moose Lake Township MN | 1,012 | $87K | 7.2% | 3.6% | 1% | B− |
| 1,530 | Susquehanna Township PA | 1,199 | $71K | 3.5% | 4.7% | 7% | B− |
| 1,531 | Cavendish VT | 1,373 | $89K | 6.3% | 3.7% | 11% | B− |
| 1,532 | Ventress LA | 1,166 | $71K | 9.2% | 0.0% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Susquehanna Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work in the towns next to Susquehanna Township
The biggest share goes to Perry Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Susquehanna Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susquehanna Township | – | B− | B− | 37 min | $70,833 |
| Perry Township | 3% | B+ | B | 23 min | $65,236 |
| Liverpool Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 35 min | $100,208 |
| Chapman Township | under 2% | C+ | B | 24 min | $81,016 |
| Lower Mahanoy Township | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 30 min | $69,904 |
| Greenwood Township | under 2% | — | — | 44 min | — |
| Monroe Township | 3% | C | C | 33 min | $67,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. Greenwood Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Susquehanna 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 2024, 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 Susquehanna Township: questions
What is the median household income in Susquehanna Township?
$70,833 (±$13,137) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Susquehanna Township?
3.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Susquehanna Township?
37 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Susquehanna Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Walker Township (5%, 16 mi), Harrisburg (4%, 26 mi), Fermanagh Township (4%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Susquehanna Township walkable?
Susquehanna Township is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Susquehanna Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Susquehanna Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Susquehanna Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.