Photo: Dincher · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer people are out of work in Walker Township (2.0%) than in 85% of U.S. towns
9% of workers have no commute at all; Pennsylvania has 16%. Walker Township grades B− for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in seven work in Walker Township itself; outside it, Delaware Township draws the most (8%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Walker Township and work: the main findings
Walker Township makes and builds things
54% of the jobs based in Walker Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Walker Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 33%. The jobs ↓
The quickest commute around
Walker Township’s 25-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 28 to 35 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.
Walker Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Walker Township is better than 53% of U.S. towns, #657 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment holds Walker Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Walker Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
A place that makes things: 54% of Walker Township’s jobs are in goods
1,510 jobs are based in Walker Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Walker Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,598 → 1,510. 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 Walker Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Walker Township
On a workday 963 residents head out to work, 141 work right here, and 1,369 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Walker Township on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 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.
The towns that employ Walker Township’s residents
Where Walker Township clocks in
8% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
From Walker Township, about 25 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Walker Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,166 commuters (the 9% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Walker Township
About 18% 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.
Getting around Walker Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Walker Township is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns, #509 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 11.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,287 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). 10.5% of Walker Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Walker Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,084th of 4,703: where Walker Township ranks among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 20 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 30 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
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| 65 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,082 | Pine Level NC | 2,405 | $75K | 8.0% | 3.8% | 4% | B− |
| 2,083 | Carmel ME | 3,031 | $82K | 13.6% | 1.9% | 6% | B− |
| 2,084 | Walker Township PA | 2,790 | $73K | 8.0% | 2.0% | 13% | B− |
| 2,085 | Butler Township PA | 2,626 | $89K | 14.8% | 3.8% | 5% | B− |
| 2,086 | Hanover Township PA | 3,357 | $91K | 7.3% | 6.2% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Walker Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door is work for 20% of Walker Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Walker Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walker Township | – | B− | B | 25 min | $72,813 |
| Turbett Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Milford Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 35 min | $66,250 |
| Tuscarora Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 29 min | $84,323 |
| Fayette Township | 6% | B | B− | 28 min | $75,250 |
| Fermanagh Township | 6% | C+ | B− | 29 min | $58,444 |
| Delaware Township | 8% | C− | C− | 28 min | $80,833 |
Same-state neighbors only. Turbett Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Delaware Township. Darker towns draw more of Walker 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 Walker Township: questions
What is the median household income in Walker Township?
$72,813 (±$8,115) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Walker Township?
8.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Walker Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Walker Township work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Delaware Township (8%, 5 mi), Fermanagh Township (6%, 6 mi), Fayette Township (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Walker Township walkable?
Walker Township is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Walker Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Walker Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Walker 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.