Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0There are 1.8 jobs in Tilden Township for every working resident, and 2,748 people commute in
About one in ten work in Tilden Township itself; outside it, Hamburg draws the most (5%, 3 miles). 2,893 jobs are based in Tilden Township for 1,648 working residents. Jobs and income earn Tilden Township B+; getting around on foot earns it B−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Tilden Township, in brief
Tilden Township is where the jobs are
Tilden Township has 2,893 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Tilden Township
64% of Tilden Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 45% of the jobs based in Tilden Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 91% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
The biggest group of Tilden Township’s workers comes from Reading
266 of the people who work in Tilden Township live in Reading, 15 miles away, more than from any other town. The commute map ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Tilden Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Tilden Township is better than 69% of U.S. towns, #469 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Tilden Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Tilden Township could be anywhere from C to A+.
The daily commute in and out of Tilden Township
On a workday 1,503 residents head out to work and 145 work right here.
About 5,000 people are in Tilden Township on a workday afternoon, 33% more than live here.
1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The kinds of work in Tilden Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tilden Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,193 → 2,893. 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 Tilden Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that send workers to Tilden Township
Where Tilden 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.
Tilden Township’s commute takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tilden Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,413 commuters (the 11% 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.
The distance from Tilden Township to work
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.
Tilden Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tilden Township is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns, #596 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,583 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). 2.2% of Tilden Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Tilden Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Tilden Township ranks: 1,301st of 4,318 U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 22 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 27 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 1,299 | Port Aransas TX | 3,773 | $89K | 10.8% | 0.0% | 43% | B+ |
| 1,300 | Chebanse Township IL | 2,782 | $83K | 8.0% | 1.3% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,301 | Tilden Township PA | 3,718 | $80K | 6.5% | 3.6% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,302 | June Park FL | 4,255 | $88K | 8.0% | 4.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,303 | Needville TX | 3,114 | $71K | 14.7% | 0.8% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,318 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Tilden Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door is work for 10% of Tilden Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tilden Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tilden Township | – | B+ | B− | 28 min | $80,168 |
| Hamburg | 5% | B+ | B | 27 min | $55,446 |
| West Brunswick Township | under 3% | A− | C− | 34 min | $119,167 |
| Port Clinton | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Windsor Township | under 3% | A− | B− | 31 min | $99,023 |
| Perry Township | 3% | A− | C+ | 22 min | $94,531 |
| South Manheim Township | under 3% | B+ | D− | 34 min | $91,979 |
| Upper Bern Township | 2% | B | C | 27 min | $81,830 |
| Centre Township | under 3% | A | D | 26 min | $95,375 |
Same-state neighbors only. Port Clinton: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hamburg. Darker towns draw more of Tilden 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 Tilden Township: questions
What is the median household income in Tilden Township?
$80,168 (±$31,003) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tilden Township?
6.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tilden Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tilden Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hamburg (5%, 3 mi), Reading (4%, 15 mi), Maxatawny Township (4%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tilden Township walkable?
Tilden Township is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tilden Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tilden Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tilden 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.