Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0Most of Towamensing Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Towamensing Township B−; getting around on foot earns it D. Towamensing Township has 224 jobs, and 2,187 of its residents work somewhere. Only 4% work in Towamensing Township itself; outside it, Allentown draws the most (6%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Towamensing Township: the figures worth knowing
Fewer jobs are based in Towamensing Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Towamensing Township fell from 436 in 2013 to 224 in 2023, −49%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
No single place dominates Towamensing Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Allentown, gets only 6% of working residents, and 63% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Towamensing Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
The quickest commute around
Towamensing Township’s 27-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 32 to 42 minutes. Next door ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Towamensing Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Towamensing Township is better than 49% of U.S. towns, #701 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Towamensing Township’s grade up (6.5%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.0%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Towamensing Township could be anywhere from C− to A.
Jobs in Towamensing Township: what the 224 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Towamensing Township, 2013 → 2023: 436 → 224. 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 Towamensing Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that employ Towamensing Township’s residents
Where Towamensing Township clocks in
6% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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 a workday changes Towamensing Township
On a workday 2,110 residents head out to work, 77 work right here, and 147 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Towamensing Township on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
From Towamensing Township, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Towamensing Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,038 commuters (the 12% 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 Towamensing Township
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Towamensing Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Towamensing Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns, #998 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,321 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 Towamensing Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Towamensing Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Towamensing Township places 2,132nd of 3,938 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,200
| # | 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 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 25 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 30 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
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| 68 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 2,130 | Madison Township OH | 3,775 | $99K | 11.8% | 3.5% | 4% | B− |
| 2,131 | Spurgeon TN | 4,071 | $64K | 21.9% | 2.2% | 1% | B− |
| 2,132 | Towamensing Township PA | 4,610 | $69K | 6.5% | 5.0% | 4% | B− |
| 2,133 | Odenville AL | 6,023 | $70K | 15.0% | 3.3% | 3% | B− |
| 2,134 | Vinton IA | 5,004 | $66K | 12.6% | 2.5% | 26% | B− |
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| 3,938 | 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 Towamensing Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door to Towamensing Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Towamensing Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Towamensing Township | – | B− | D | 27 min | $69,245 |
| Franklin Township | 4% | B− | C+ | 32 min | $88,924 |
| Lower Towamensing Township | 4% | B | C+ | 35 min | $68,789 |
| Penn Forest Township | under 3% | C | C | 42 min | $67,045 |
| Eldred Township | under 3% | B | C+ | 34 min | $70,526 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Franklin Township. Darker towns draw more of Towamensing 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 Towamensing Township: questions
What is the median household income in Towamensing Township?
$69,245 (±$11,897) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Towamensing Township?
6.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Towamensing Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Towamensing Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Allentown (6%, 19 mi), Palmerton (5%, 4 mi), Bethlehem (5%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Towamensing Township walkable?
Towamensing Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Towamensing Township without a car?
0% 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 Towamensing Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Towamensing 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.