Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Wayne Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
23% of workers work from home (Pennsylvania 16%). 154 jobs are based in Wayne Township for 1,054 working residents. Wayne Township grades B− for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Wayne Township: the gist
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Wayne Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wayne Township is better than 48% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Wayne Township’s grade up (4.6%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (8.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wayne Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
A workday in Wayne Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,038 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 138 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Wayne Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 2023, primary jobs.
12% of working residents work in Ellwood City
Where Wayne Township clocks in
12% of workers
6% 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.
A place that makes things: 30% of Wayne Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wayne Township, 2013 → 2023: 145 → 154. 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 Wayne Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Wayne Township, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wayne Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 828 commuters (the 23% 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 Wayne Township commutes
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 Wayne Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wayne Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 3.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,075 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). 1.9% of Wayne Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wayne Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200, Wayne Township ranks 2,284th of 4,995 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,282 | Bridge Creek WI | 2,191 | $83K | 12.8% | 2.7% | 7% | B− |
| 2,283 | Norwood OK | 1,752 | $89K | 8.2% | 0.0% | <1% | B− |
| 2,284 | Wayne Township PA | 2,404 | $74K | 4.6% | 8.0% | 2% | B− |
| 2,285 | Rock Creek MN | 1,772 | $95K | 8.8% | 2.7% | 2% | B− |
| 2,286 | Geistown PA | 2,263 | $64K | 6.9% | 5.2% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Wayne Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work next door: 12% of Wayne Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wayne Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Township | – | B− | C | 27 min | $74,375 |
| Ellwood City | 12% | B− | A− | 24 min | $67,138 |
| Perry Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 23 min | $86,576 |
| Ellport | under 2% | B+ | B | 26 min | $74,625 |
| New Beaver | under 2% | B− | C− | 31 min | $61,417 |
| Wampum | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Wurtemburg | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| North Sewickley Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 24 min | $76,663 |
| Slippery Rock Township | under 2% | A− | C | 27 min | $78,583 |
Same-state neighbors only. Wampum: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Wurtemburg: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Ellwood City. Darker towns draw more of Wayne 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 Wayne Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wayne Township?
$74,375 (±$14,631) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wayne Township?
4.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wayne Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wayne Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ellwood City (12%, 2 mi), Cranberry Township (6%, 16 mi), Pittsburgh (4%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wayne Township walkable?
Wayne Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wayne Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wayne Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wayne 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.