Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0Walker Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.6 for each
Only 7% stay in Walker Township for work; outside it, Pottsville is the main destination (6%, 11 miles). Employers in Walker Township report 258 jobs; 458 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Walker Township is better than 68% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (B).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What’s behind Walker Township’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Walker Township’s grade up (3.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 28% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (2.3%) is left out: Walker Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Walker Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
The daily flow of workers through Walker Township
On a workday 427 residents head out to work, 31 work right here, and 227 people come in from elsewhere.
About 820 people are in Walker Township on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
Where people from Walker Township work
Where Walker Township clocks in
6% of workers
6% 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.
Goods, not services: 66% of the jobs in Walker Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Walker Township, 2013 → 2023: 179 → 258. 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 trip to work from Walker Township: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 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 400 commuters (the 14% 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.
Walker 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.
Driving is how Walker Township gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 10.8% 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 463 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). 2.7% 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.
Walker Township next to U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400: 546th of 3,133 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 544 | Riesel TX | 1,061 | $98K | 6.8% | 0.0% | 5% | B+ |
| 545 | Norwich Township OH | 1,023 | $106K | 5.7% | 4.3% | 1% | B+ |
| 546 | Walker Township PA | 1,017 | $89K | 3.3% | 2.3% | 7% | B+ |
| 547 | Liberty Center OH | 1,094 | $78K | 5.7% | 2.5% | 5% | B+ |
| 548 | Ellport PA | 1,081 | $75K | 5.7% | 4.2% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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.
Work next door: 11% of Walker Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Walker Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walker Township | – | B+ | B | 22 min | $88,571 |
| West Penn Township | 3% | C+ | B | 32 min | $71,977 |
| Tamaqua | 6% | D | A | 25 min | $46,176 |
| Schuylkill Township | 2% | C+ | C | 33 min | $71,500 |
| Blythe Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Blythe Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Tamaqua. 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?
$88,571 (±$13,055) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Walker Township?
3.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Walker Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Walker Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pottsville (6%, 11 mi), Tamaqua (6%, 7 mi), Upper Macungie Township (5%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Walker Township walkable?
Walker Township is more walkable than 59% 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 3% 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.