Waverly Historic District · Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Waverly Township has higher household incomes than 95% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Waverly Township are A+ for jobs and income and B for walkability. Below the poverty line: 3.2% of residents, next to 11.7% across Pennsylvania. Only 2% work in Waverly Township; the top destination outside it is Scranton (24%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Waverly Township apart on work
The four measures behind Waverly Township’s grade
Household income is its strongest input ($151,442, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 64% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.7%) is left out: Waverly 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, Waverly Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
Who leaves Waverly Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 653 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 192 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Waverly Township on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
0.30 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.
Commuting out of Waverly Township: the destinations
Where Waverly Township clocks in
24% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Waverly Township
202 jobs are based in Waverly Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Waverly Township, 2013 → 2023: 117 → 202. 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 Waverly Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Waverly Township: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Waverly Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 712 commuters (the 16% 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.
How many miles Waverly Township commutes
About 24% 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.
In Waverly Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Waverly Township is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Waverly 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 852 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). 2.8% of Waverly Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Waverly Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500, Waverly Township comes 183rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 36 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 181 | New Baltimore OH | 1,585 | $159K | 5.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| 182 | Minerva Park OH | 1,950 | $131K | 4.6% | 3.2% | 1% | A+ |
| 183 | Waverly Township PA | 1,856 | $151K | 3.2% | 2.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 184 | Verona KY | 1,394 | $145K | 3.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 185 | Adamstown PA | 1,953 | $118K | 3.5% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Waverly Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
11% of Waverly Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to South Abington Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Waverly Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waverly Township | – | A+ | B | 28 min | $151,442 |
| South Abington Township | 6% | A− | C+ | 26 min | $113,615 |
| North Abington Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Glenburn Township | under 2% | A− | B− | 25 min | $88,333 |
| Dalton | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 23 min | $95,862 |
| Clarks Summit | 5% | A | A− | 17 min | $92,083 |
| Clarks Green | under 2% | A | B− | 20 min | $113,850 |
Same-state neighbors only. North Abington Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Waverly 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 Waverly Township: questions
What is the median household income in Waverly Township?
$151,442 (±$9,627) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Waverly Township?
3.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Waverly Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Waverly Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Scranton (24%, 8 mi), South Abington Township (6%, 2 mi), Clarks Summit (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Waverly Township walkable?
Waverly Township is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Waverly Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Waverly Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Waverly 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.