Photo: Jakec · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Washington Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Only 7% work in Washington Township itself; outside it, Penn Township draws the most (8%, 5 miles). There are 201 jobs in Washington Township for 606 working residents. The two grades for Washington Township are C+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Washington Township
On income, poverty and job access, Washington Township is better than 37% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Washington Township’s grade up ($74,519, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 31% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.1%) is left out: Washington 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, Washington Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
Who commutes out of Washington Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 565 residents head out to work, 41 work right here, and 160 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Washington Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
The towns that employ Washington Township’s residents
Where Washington Township clocks in
8% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Washington Township works in goods: 28% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Washington Township, 2014 → 2024: 84 → 201. 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 25 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 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 653 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Washington Township
About 19% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Washington Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Washington Township is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 728 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). 7.0% 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 1,200 to 2,400: 3,135th of 6,085 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 7% | A+ |
| 38 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Franklin Township IN | 1,293 | $59K | 5.0% | 1.4% | <1% | C+ |
| 3,134 | Ovid Township MI | 2,208 | $106K | 22.6% | 6.4% | 2% | C+ |
| 3,135 | Washington Township PA | 1,779 | $75K | 11.1% | 4.1% | 7% | C+ |
| 3,136 | Townshend VT | 1,259 | $79K | 8.1% | 1.8% | 12% | C+ |
| 3,137 | Rock Hall MD | 1,208 | $75K | 7.6% | 1.3% | 16% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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.
The towns next door employ 20% of Washington Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Washington Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Township | – | C+ | B− | 25 min | $74,519 |
| Penn Township | 8% | B− | C | 17 min | $61,479 |
| Union Township | 3% | C | B | 28 min | $76,339 |
| Perry Township | 3% | B+ | B | 23 min | $65,236 |
| Middlecreek Township | under 3% | B− | C+ | 28 min | $62,344 |
| Franklin Township | 2% | C+ | B− | 23 min | $51,167 |
| Chapman Township | 4% | C+ | B | 24 min | $81,016 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Penn Township. 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?
$74,519 (±$14,845) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Washington Township?
11.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Washington Township?
25 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?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Penn Township (8%, 5 mi), Selinsgrove (5%, 6 mi), Chapman Township (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Washington Township walkable?
Washington Township is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Washington Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.