Unemployment in Wayne Township (1.3%) is lower than in 92% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Wayne Township is better than 50% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (C−). Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole. Only 5% stay in Wayne Township for work; outside it, Shirley Township is the main destination (8%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Wayne Township
Fewer jobs are based in Wayne Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Wayne Township fell from 510 in 2013 to 266 in 2023, −48%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Wayne Township is a place people come home to
There are 266 jobs based in Wayne Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Wayne Township has about 1,700 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 931 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Wayne Township
Unemployment holds Wayne Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wayne Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
In Wayne Township, services account for most jobs
266 jobs are based in Wayne Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wayne Township, 2013 → 2023: 510 → 266. 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.
How many people are in Wayne Township by day
On a workday 886 residents head out to work, 45 work right here, and 221 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Wayne Township on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.29 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Wayne Township
About 30% 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.
Where the trip to work from Wayne Township ends
Where Wayne Township clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 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 1,020 commuters (the 8% 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.
For most of Wayne Township, work means a drive
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,103 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). 4.1% of Wayne Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Wayne Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,201st of 4,995: where Wayne Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,199 | Lawson MO | 2,541 | $66K | 12.7% | 2.6% | 6% | B− |
| 2,200 | Venice Township MI | 2,424 | $66K | 13.8% | 2.9% | 1% | B− |
| 2,201 | Wayne Township PA | 2,363 | $69K | 8.4% | 1.3% | 5% | B− |
| 2,202 | New Orleans Station LA | 2,307 | $59K | 10.6% | 5.9% | 4% | B− |
| 2,203 | Benns Church VA | 1,813 | $56K | 5.0% | 1.8% | <1% | 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.
Bordering towns draw 15% 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− | 33 min | $69,250 |
| Brady Township | under 3% | C+ | B− | 25 min | $73,393 |
| Shirley Township | 8% | C− | C− | 41 min | $49,750 |
| Lack Township | under 3% | — | — | 45 min | — |
| Mount Union | 7% | D− | A− | 30 min | $40,625 |
| Allenport | under 3% | — | — | 45 min | — |
| Oliver Township | under 3% | C | C | 29 min | $62,895 |
| Bratton Township | under 3% | C | C− | 27 min | $63,375 |
Same-state neighbors only. Lack Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Allenport: 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 Shirley Township. 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?
$69,250 (±$22,565) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wayne Township?
8.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wayne Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wayne Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Shirley Township (8%, 6 mi), Mount Union (7%, 5 mi), Derry Township (4%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wayne Township walkable?
Wayne Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wayne Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% 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.