Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Washington Township works elsewhere
For jobs and income Washington Township is better than 87% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (C−). Washington Township has 512 jobs for 3,237 working residents. Only 4% work in Washington Township; the top destination outside it is Allentown (8%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Washington Township: the figures worth knowing
Why Washington Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
The poverty rate is its strongest input (2.8%, U.S. 12.5%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($86,837, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Washington Township could be anywhere from B to A+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Washington Township
On a workday 3,105 residents head out to work, 132 work right here, and 380 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,900 people are in Washington Township on a workday afternoon, 41% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Washington Township: the destinations
Where Washington Township clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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: 32% of the jobs in Washington Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Washington Township, 2014 → 2024: 417 → 512. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Washington Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Washington Township, about 30 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Washington Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,130 commuters (the 10% 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 Washington Township
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Washington Township walk, bike or ride to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,496 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 15% 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 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 44% 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). 0.0% of Washington Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Washington Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Washington Township next to U.S. towns of 4,700 to 9,000: 526th of 3,201 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 5% | A+ |
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| 23 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
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| 28 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 524 | Munson Township OH | 7,078 | $139K | 2.4% | 4.6% | 7% | A |
| 525 | Monroe Township OH | 8,115 | $90K | 6.2% | 2.4% | 9% | A |
| 526 | Washington Township PA | 6,647 | $87K | 2.8% | 2.8% | 4% | A |
| 527 | Elmsford NY | 5,203 | $120K | 8.7% | 3.7% | 5% | A |
| 528 | Newbury Township IN | 5,929 | $89K | 4.2% | 0.7% | 30% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,201 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Washington Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
How Washington Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to North Whitehall Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Washington Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Township | – | A | C− | 30 min | $86,837 |
| Slatington | 3% | C | A | 27 min | $49,625 |
| Lehigh Township | under 3% | A− | D | 29 min | $89,741 |
| East Penn Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 41 min | $70,294 |
| North Whitehall Township | 6% | A− | B+ | 29 min | $110,361 |
| Heidelberg Township | under 3% | A− | D | 27 min | $91,553 |
| Walnutport | under 3% | B | B+ | 28 min | $75,588 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Washington 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 2024, 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 Washington Township: questions
What is the median household income in Washington Township?
$86,837 (±$12,598) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Washington Township?
2.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Washington Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Washington Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Allentown (8%, 13 mi), Upper Macungie Township (7%, 12 mi), North Whitehall Township (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Washington Township walkable?
Washington Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Washington Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Washington Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Washington Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.