Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Wallace Township have higher incomes than those in 98% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Wallace Township A+; getting around on foot earns it D. Below the poverty line: 1.9% of residents, next to 11.7% across Pennsylvania. Working from home is the commute for 24% of workers, against 16% across Pennsylvania.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Wallace Township stands out on work
Wallace Township is a place people come home to
There are 343 jobs based in Wallace Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Wallace Township has about 2,400 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Wallace Township
24% of Wallace Township workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Wallace Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wallace Township is among the top U.S. towns, #1 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment is its strongest input (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 81% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wallace Township stays A+.
In and out of Wallace Township on a workday
On a workday 1,666 residents head out to work, 57 work right here, and 286 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Wallace Township on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.20 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Getting to work from Wallace Township takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wallace Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,397 commuters (the 24% 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.
7% of working residents work in Uwchlan Township
Where Wallace Township clocks in
7% 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.
67% of the jobs in Wallace Township pay over $3,333 a month
343 jobs are based in Wallace Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wallace Township, 2013 → 2023: 427 → 343. 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 Wallace Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Wallace Township
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.
In Wallace Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wallace Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns, #981 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,833 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). 3.9% of Wallace Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wallace Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Wallace Township is 23rd among 4,430 U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 22 | Garden Ridge TX | 4,371 | $177K | 0.4% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| 23 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| 24 | Brown Station MD | 3,451 | $169K | 3.3% | 1.2% | <1% | A+ |
| 25 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| 68 | West Pikeland Township PA | 4,045 | $226K | 0.9% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,430 | 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 Wallace Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
How Wallace Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wallace Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallace Township | – | A+ | D | 29 min | $182,500 |
| East Nantmeal Township | under 3% | A+ | B− | 32 min | $158,958 |
| West Brandywine Township | under 3% | B+ | C+ | 31 min | $112,545 |
| Upper Uwchlan Township | under 3% | A+ | B | 31 min | $190,691 |
| West Nantmeal Township | under 3% | A | B+ | 28 min | $126,154 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wallace 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 Wallace Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wallace Township?
$182,500 (±$25,035) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wallace Township?
1.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wallace Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wallace Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Uwchlan Township (7%, 6 mi), Tredyffrin Township (6%, 17 mi), Philadelphia (5%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wallace Township walkable?
Wallace Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wallace Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wallace Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wallace 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.