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Jobs & commute in Warwick Township

Warwick Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Jobs & income A−: better than 77% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #348 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania.
Walkability B−: more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns · #592 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania.

Household incomes here are higher than in 80% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 27 minutes each way (Pennsylvania 26, U.S. 26). Only 4% work in Warwick Township; the top destination outside it is Philadelphia (7%, 35 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out

The short version on getting to work from Warwick Township

Jobs & income grade

What’s behind Warwick Township’s Jobs & income grade

On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Warwick Township is better than 77% of U.S. towns, #348 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Warwick Township’s grade up (4.7%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.

Household income $104,875 (±$18,602) · PA $77,971 · U.S. $80,734Higher than 80% of U.S. towns
Poverty 4.7% · PA 11.7% · U.S. 12.5%Lower than 82% of U.S. towns
Unemployment 5.0% (±3.6) · PA 5.3% · U.S. 5.2%Lower than 39% of U.S. towns
Job access by car EPA, jobs within a 45-minute driveMore than 70% of U.S. towns
Pennsylvania towns we grade 1,035 towns#348 of 1,035
B−A+

A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Warwick Township could be anywhere from B− to A+.

How TownRatings grades jobs & income →

★ What stands out · Day and night

Warwick Township quiets down on a workday

On a workday 1,178 residents head out to work, 51 work right here, and 326 people come in from elsewhere.

1,178live here, work elsewhere
51live and work here
326work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night2,600
Workday1,700
2,600live here− 1,200head out to work+ 330come in to work= 1,700on a workday

About 1,700 people are in Warwick Township on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.31jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.31 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.

The commute map

7% of working residents work in Philadelphia

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Pottstown: 29 residents work here (2%)ReadingPhiladelphia: 80 residents work here (7%)East Nantmeal TownshipUpper Providence Township: 24 residents work here (2%)Wallace TownshipWest Brandywine TownshipWarwick TownshipRobeson TownshipWest Whiteland Township: 21 residents work here (2%)West Nantmeal TownshipUpper Merion Township: 32 residents work here (3%)Caernarvon Township: 26 residents work here (2%)North Coventry TownshipSouth Coventry TownshipTredyffrin Township: 50 residents work here (4%)Uwchlan Township: 56 residents work here (5%)West Goshen Township: 24 residents work here (2%)PhiladelphiaUwchlan TownshipTredyffrin TownshipUpper Merion TownshipPottstownCaernarvon TownshipWarwick Township
1
Philadelphia35.1 mi away
7%80
2
Uwchlan Township9.5 mi away
5%56
3
Warwick Township (in town)right here
4%51
44%50
53%32
6
Pottstown8.5 mi away
2%29
72%26
82%24
92%24
102%21
Everywhere elseother towns and states
68%836
The top trips

Where Warwick Township clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

The jobs

What the 377 jobs in Warwick Township are

377 jobs are based in Warwick Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Warwick Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Warwick TownshipJobs Warwick Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms20%18%
Trade, transport & utilities17%19%
Services: health, schools, offices63%63%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less18%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%19%
Over $3,333 a month62%70%

Who does it

29 or younger26%20%
30 to 5453%47%
55 and older21%33%
+40%

Jobs based in Warwick Township, 2013 → 2023: 270 → 377. 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.

Time on the road

About 27 minutes each way, about the PA average

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
205 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Warwick Township27 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
14%

of Warwick Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Warwick Township gets to work
91%Drive alone
5%Carpool
3%Walk
1%Bike
1%Other

Share of the 1,159 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.

How far

Half of Warwick Township commutes less than 16 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi40 miPhiladelphia: 7% · 35.1 miUwchlan Township: 5% · 9.5 miTredyffrin Township: 4% · 18 miUpper Merion Township: 3% · 21 miPottstown: 2% · 8.5 miCaernarvon Township: 2% · 6.3 miUpper Providence Township: 2% · 14.6 miWest Goshen Township: 2% · 16.1 miWest Whiteland Township: 2% · 12.6 miPhiladelphia 7%Uwchlan Township 5%Pottstown 2%Warwick Township
Warwick TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
27%Under 10 mi323 residents
43%10–24 mi526 residents
22%25–50 mi265 residents
8%Over 50 mi99 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

Getting around · Walkability grade

Most trips from Warwick Township start in a car

On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Warwick Township is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns, #592 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 6.2.

EPA walkability index 6.2 of 20 · typical PA town 6.7 · U.S. 6.9Higher than 38% of U.S. towns
Walk, bike or transit 3.3% of commuters · PA 8.6% · U.S. 7.1%Higher than 62% of U.S. towns
Pennsylvania towns we grade 1,035 towns#592 of 1,035
B−B−

A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,353 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 0.0 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

Philadelphia37.7
Warwick Township0.0

Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.5% of Warwick Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Warwick Township’s commuters take a bus or train.

Towns its size

Warwick Township is 941st of 5,083 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500 on jobs and income

Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Warwick Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.

#TownPeopleHousehold incomePovertyUnemploymentWork in townGrade
1Kenilworth IL2,437$250K2.1%4.0%2%A+
2Chevy Chase Village MD1,978$250K1.2%2.6%3%A+
3Belle Meade TN2,621$250K1.4%0.3%2%A+
…
28Newtown PA2,257$166K2.0%2.3%6%A+
…
62Churchill PA3,014$107K1.9%1.6%1%A+
…
76Thornbury Township PA3,165$172K2.4%2.5%4%A+
…
939Churchville NY2,134$96K5.1%4.8%2%A−
940Danby NY3,268$100K6.8%1.3%2%A−
941Warwick Township PA2,599$105K4.7%5.0%4%A−
942Solomons MD2,440$95K0.6%3.1%6%A−
943Alexandria Township MN3,114$94K6.1%1.1%2%A−
…
5,083Lame Deer MT1,872$24K55.8%42.2%60%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.

Next door

Warwick Township and the towns next door

Darker towns draw more of Warwick Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

East Nantmeal Township: few work hereSouth Coventry Township: few work hereNorth Coventry Township: few work hereEast Nantmeal TownshipSouth Coventry TownshipNorth Coventry TownshipWarwick Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

North Coventry Township26 min
Warwick Township27 min
South Coventry Township29 min
East Nantmeal Township32 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownWarwick Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Warwick Township–A−B−27 min$104,875
East Nantmeal Townshipunder 2%A+B−32 min$158,958
South Coventry Townshipunder 2%A+C+29 min$158,162
North Coventry Townshipunder 2%AC−26 min$98,896

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Warwick Township: questions

What is the median household income in Warwick Township?

$104,875 (±$18,602) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Warwick Township?

4.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Warwick Township?

27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Warwick Township work?

4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (7%, 35 mi), Uwchlan Township (5%, 10 mi), Tredyffrin Township (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Is Warwick Township walkable?

Warwick Township is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.

Can you get around Warwick Township without a car?

0% 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 Warwick Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Warwick Township

Warwick Township home →

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.