Keefer Station Covered Bridge · Photo: Ruhrfisch · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer people are out of work in Upper Augusta Township (2.8%) than in 73% of U.S. towns
Upper Augusta Township grades B+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Only 5% work in Upper Augusta Township; the top destination outside it is Sunbury (10%, 2 miles). Commuters spend 25 minutes getting to work on average; the Pennsylvania average is 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Upper Augusta Township, in a few figures
What’s behind Upper Augusta Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Upper Augusta Township is better than 67% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Upper Augusta Township’s grade up (4.6%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($68,750, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Upper Augusta Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
In and out of Upper Augusta Township on a workday
On a workday 1,020 residents head out to work, 56 work right here, and 1,114 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).
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 Upper Augusta Township: the destinations
Where Upper Augusta Township clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
3% 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.
What work there is in Upper Augusta Township: 1,170 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Upper Augusta Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,405 → 1,170. 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 Upper Augusta Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 25 minutes from Upper Augusta Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Upper Augusta Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 935 commuters (the 16% 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.
Upper Augusta Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 20% 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.
Few in Upper Augusta Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Upper Augusta Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Upper Augusta Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,107 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). 3.6% of Upper Augusta Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Upper Augusta Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,207 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300, Upper Augusta Township comes 1,382nd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,380 | Sheldon VT | 2,192 | $79K | 5.1% | 1.0% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,381 | Richland Grove Township IL | 2,266 | $107K | 11.6% | 2.6% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,382 | Upper Augusta Township PA | 2,432 | $69K | 4.6% | 2.8% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,383 | Richmond WI | 1,846 | $86K | 3.8% | 0.6% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,384 | Pierce NE | 1,849 | $71K | 4.9% | 0.2% | 11% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Upper Augusta Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work in the towns next to Upper Augusta Township
The biggest share goes to Monroe Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Upper Augusta Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Augusta Township | – | B+ | C+ | 25 min | $68,750 |
| Rush Township | under 2% | B+ | B | 22 min | $91,771 |
| Monroe Township | 3% | A− | B− | 27 min | $90,417 |
| Point Township | 3% | B− | B | 20 min | $70,694 |
| Shamokin Dam | under 2% | B | B− | 23 min | $69,063 |
| Rockefeller Township | 2% | B+ | C− | 23 min | $90,903 |
| Lower Augusta Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 28 min | $74,688 |
| Hummels Wharf | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hummels Wharf: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Upper Augusta 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 Upper Augusta Township: questions
What is the median household income in Upper Augusta Township?
$68,750 (±$19,555) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Upper Augusta Township?
4.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Upper Augusta Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Upper Augusta Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sunbury (10%, 2 mi), Mahoning Township (8%, 10 mi), Point Township (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Upper Augusta Township walkable?
Upper Augusta Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Upper Augusta Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Upper Augusta Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Upper Augusta 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.