Photo: Hope Moore on Flickr · CC BY 2.0There are 2.2 jobs in Vernon Township for every working resident, and 4,430 people commute in
Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%. Employers in Vernon Township report 4,810 jobs for 2,168 working residents. Jobs and income earn Vernon 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
The work figures that set Vernon Township apart
Vernon Township is where the jobs are
Vernon Township has 4,810 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 7,900 people are in town, 51% more than the 5,200 who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Vernon Township works one town over
34% of working residents work in a town that borders Vernon Township: Meadville (24%), West Mead Township (6%) and Hayfield Township (2%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Vernon Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
Vernon Township makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Vernon Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Vernon Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. 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.
What’s behind Vernon Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Vernon Township is better than 71% of U.S. towns, #443 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Vernon Township’s grade up (4.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 42% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Vernon Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Vernon Township by day and by night
On a workday 1,788 residents head out to work and 380 work right here.
About 7,900 people are in Vernon Township on a workday afternoon, 51% more than live here.
2.2 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.
How long Vernon Township spends getting to work: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vernon Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,283 commuters (the 5% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 36% of the jobs in Vernon Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vernon Township, 2013 → 2023: 5,378 → 4,810. 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 Vernon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Vernon Township’s workers come from
Where Vernon Township clocks in
24% of workers
6% 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.
Vernon Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Few in Vernon Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Vernon Township is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #485 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Vernon 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 2,397 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). 5.0% of Vernon Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Vernon Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Vernon Township is 1,147th of 3,582 U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,100 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| 31 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,145 | Prairie Township IN | 6,020 | $68K | 5.4% | 1.2% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,146 | Winterport ME | 3,838 | $98K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,147 | Vernon Township PA | 5,223 | $76K | 4.1% | 2.5% | 18% | B+ |
| 1,148 | Shady Side MD | 4,727 | $154K | 3.8% | 4.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,149 | Triana AL | 5,244 | $110K | 8.2% | 4.4% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,582 | 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 Vernon Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door is work for 34% of Vernon Township
The biggest share goes to Meadville (24%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Vernon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vernon Township | – | B+ | B | 19 min | $76,030 |
| West Mead Township | 6% | B− | C+ | 22 min | $64,837 |
| Meadville | 24% | D | A | 15 min | $43,308 |
| Greenwood Township | under 2% | C | D− | 23 min | $76,071 |
| Hayfield Township | 2% | B+ | D | 19 min | $72,238 |
| Union Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Summit Township | under 2% | C− | B− | 28 min | $56,375 |
| Sadsbury Township | 2% | B− | B− | 25 min | $70,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. Union Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Vernon 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 Vernon Township: questions
What is the median household income in Vernon Township?
$76,030 (±$5,138) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vernon Township?
4.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vernon Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vernon Township work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Meadville (24%, 4 mi), West Mead Township (6%, 4 mi), Erie (4%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Vernon Township walkable?
Vernon Township is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Vernon Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vernon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vernon 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.