Walker Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Only 6% stay in Walker Township for work; outside it, College Township is the main destination (20%, 14 miles). 522 jobs are based in Walker Township; 1,911 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Walker Township C+; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Walker Township at work: what stands out
Walker Township is a place people come home to
There are 522 jobs based in Walker Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Walker Township has about 3,300 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Walker Township
68% of Walker Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 49% of the jobs based in Walker Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
34% of the jobs based in Walker Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 19% of Walker Township’s own working residents. 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 Walker Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Walker Township is better than 37% of U.S. towns, #812 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Household income holds Walker Township’s grade up ($88,866, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 30% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Walker Township could be anywhere from D to A−.
Walker Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,803 residents head out to work, 108 work right here, and 414 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in Walker Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
In Walker Township, 28% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Walker Township, 2013 → 2023: 679 → 522. 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.
Where Walker Township goes to work
Where Walker Township clocks in
20% of workers
7% 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 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 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 1,853 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Walker Township
About 21% 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.
Most trips from Walker Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Walker Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns, #960 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Walker 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 2,039 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.1% of Walker Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Walker Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,506th of 3,798: where Walker Township ranks among U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,300
| # | 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 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 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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| 67 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 2,504 | Nottawa Township MI | 3,808 | $62K | 12.5% | 3.1% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,505 | Sherburne NY | 3,857 | $63K | 9.0% | 3.3% | 19% | C+ |
| 2,506 | Walker Township PA | 4,693 | $89K | 12.7% | 5.6% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,507 | Lackawaxen Township PA | 5,486 | $79K | 9.5% | 4.1% | 17% | C+ |
| 2,508 | Negaunee MI | 4,663 | $71K | 12.4% | 3.7% | 14% | C+ |
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| 3,798 | 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 Walker Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
How Walker Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Spring Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Walker Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walker Township | – | C+ | D | 27 min | $88,866 |
| Marion Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 28 min | $67,405 |
| Gregg Township | under 2% | B− | B | 29 min | $67,292 |
| Spring Township | 5% | B | B+ | 20 min | $77,266 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$88,866 (±$14,525) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Walker Township?
12.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Walker Township?
27 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?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are College Township (20%, 14 mi), State College (7%, 17 mi), Ferguson Township (6%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Walker Township walkable?
Walker Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Walker Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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.