Red Hill Church and School · Photo: PattiParker · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Tinicum Township works elsewhere
Tinicum Township has 903 jobs for 1,636 working residents. Jobs and income earn Tinicum Township A−; getting around on foot earns it B. Household incomes here are higher than in 89% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Tinicum Township, in brief
Home offices are common in Tinicum Township
38% of Tinicum Township workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
Tinicum 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 ↓
Tinicum Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Tinicum Township is Philadelphia, 33 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (128) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Tinicum Township’s workforce skews older
37% of Tinicum Township’s working residents are 55 or older. 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.
Income, poverty and work: Tinicum Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Tinicum Township is better than 85% of U.S. towns, #232 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Tinicum Township’s grade up (3.0%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (4.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Tinicum Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
About 37 minutes each way for Tinicum Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tinicum Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,101 commuters (the 38% 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 Tinicum 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.
In Tinicum Township, 31% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tinicum Township, 2013 → 2023: 762 → 903. 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 Tinicum Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Tinicum Township
On a workday 1,509 residents head out to work, 127 work right here, and 776 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,100 people are in Tinicum Township on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
8% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Tinicum Township clocks in
8% 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.
In Tinicum Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tinicum Township is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns, #512 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,768 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 0.0% of Tinicum Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Tinicum Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Tinicum Township ranks: 596th of 4,153 U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 21 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 26 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
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| 62 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 594 | Grafton Township OH | 2,860 | $90K | 3.6% | 3.0% | 1% | A− |
| 595 | Richland Township OH | 2,973 | $89K | 3.3% | 0.5% | 7% | A− |
| 596 | Tinicum Township PA | 3,810 | $122K | 3.0% | 4.8% | 8% | A− |
| 597 | Hudson Bend TX | 4,127 | $96K | 5.8% | 3.3% | 5% | A− |
| 598 | Eagle Lake MN | 3,357 | $97K | 6.2% | 1.2% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,153 | 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 Tinicum Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work next door: 10% of Tinicum Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Plumstead Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tinicum Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tinicum Township | – | A− | B | 37 min | $122,125 |
| Bedminster Township | 3% | A− | B | 34 min | $152,049 |
| Plumstead Township | 4% | A | B− | 32 min | $138,259 |
| Nockamixon Township | 3% | A | B | 39 min | $104,965 |
| Bridgeton Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 35 min | $82,292 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tinicum 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 Tinicum Township: questions
What is the median household income in Tinicum Township?
$122,125 (±$23,661) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tinicum Township?
3.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tinicum Township?
37 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 38% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tinicum Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (8%, 33 mi), Plumstead Township (4%, 7 mi), Doylestown Township (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tinicum Township walkable?
Tinicum Township is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tinicum Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tinicum Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tinicum 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.