Photo: ScottyBoy900Q at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Wharton Township (1.7%) is lower than in 88% of U.S. towns
About one in four stay in Wharton Township for work; outside it, North Union Township is the main destination (8%, 10 miles). For jobs and income Wharton Township is better than 37% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (B). 9% of workers have no commute at all (Pennsylvania 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wharton Township and work: the main findings
Wharton Township trades workers with the towns around it
Wharton Township has about as many jobs (1,651) as working residents (1,414), but they are mostly different people: 1,045 residents leave for work each day while 1,282 people come in. Only 22% of the jobs in Wharton Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Wharton Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
Nearly all the work in Wharton Township is services
87% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 7% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
33% of the jobs based in Wharton Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 22% of Wharton Township’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Wharton Township: the grade in detail
Unemployment holds Wharton Township’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (28.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wharton Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Wharton Township by day and by night
On a workday 1,045 residents head out to work, 369 work right here, and 1,282 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
A commute of about 21 minutes in Wharton Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wharton Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,340 commuters (the 9% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
1,651 jobs are based in Wharton Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wharton Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,374 → 1,651. 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 Wharton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where people from Wharton Township work
Where Wharton Township clocks in
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.
Half of Wharton Township commutes less than 13 miles
About 17% 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.
For most of Wharton Township, work means a drive
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 25.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,467 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). 8.1% of Wharton Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 20% of Wharton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Wharton Township places 2,907th of 4,593 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| 66 | West Pikeland Township PA | 4,045 | $226K | 0.9% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,905 | Center Township IN | 2,603 | $63K | 6.7% | 4.8% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,906 | Ross Township PA | 2,789 | $88K | 6.4% | 9.4% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,907 | Wharton Township PA | 3,309 | $72K | 28.7% | 1.7% | 26% | C+ |
| 2,908 | Gaylord MI | 4,444 | $45K | 8.0% | 3.1% | 34% | C+ |
| 2,909 | Wells MN | 2,395 | $60K | 8.7% | 3.4% | 3% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,593 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Wharton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns next door employ 17% of Wharton Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wharton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wharton Township | – | C+ | B | 21 min | $71,667 |
| Stewart Township | 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Georges Township | 2% | B | C | 27 min | $90,443 |
| Henry Clay Township | 3% | C− | B | 28 min | $78,056 |
| South Union Township | 2% | B | B− | 22 min | $77,708 |
| North Union Township | 8% | C− | B+ | 22 min | $54,336 |
| Springhill Township | under 2% | D− | D− | 28 min | $44,700 |
Same-state neighbors only. Stewart Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to North Union Township. Darker towns draw more of Wharton 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 Wharton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wharton Township?
$71,667 (±$16,794) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wharton Township?
28.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wharton Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wharton Township work?
26% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are North Union Township (8%, 10 mi), Uniontown (5%, 10 mi), Pittsburgh (4%, 50 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wharton Township walkable?
Wharton Township is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 26% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wharton Township without a car?
20% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wharton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wharton 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.