Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWilkins Township has lower household incomes than 65% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 4.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 37.5 in Pittsburgh. Below the poverty line: 10.7% of residents; Pennsylvania has 11.7%. Wilkins Township grades B− for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Wilkins Township, in brief
Wilkins Township trades workers with the towns around it
Wilkins Township has about as many jobs (3,279) as working residents (2,964), but they are mostly different people: 2,853 residents leave for work each day while 3,168 people come in. Only 3% of the jobs in Wilkins Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Wilkins Township
29% of Wilkins Township workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Wilkins Township’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 29 minutes, longer than the Pennsylvania average of 26. Time on the road ↓
37% of Wilkins Township works in Pittsburgh
1,096 working residents, 37%, have their main job in Pittsburgh, 8.1 miles away. That’s 9 times as many as work in Wilkins Township itself. The commute map ↓
Most Wilkins Township residents work close to home
66% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 7% work more than 50 miles away. 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.
Income, poverty and work: Wilkins Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wilkins Township is better than 52% of U.S. towns, #675 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Wilkins Township’s grade up (ahead of 87% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($65,625, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wilkins Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
Wilkins Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,853 residents head out to work, 111 work right here, and 3,168 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 (1.11 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.
Wilkins Township’s commute takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wilkins Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,110 commuters (the 29% 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.
37% of working residents work in Pittsburgh
Where Wilkins Township clocks in
37% of workers
6% of workers
2% 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.
How far it is to work from Wilkins Township
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.
The kinds of work in Wilkins Township
3,279 jobs are based in Wilkins Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wilkins Township, 2013 → 2023: 4,469 → 3,279. 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 Wilkins Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Wilkins Township, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wilkins Township is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns, #318 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Wilkins 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 2,956 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 29% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 80% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.2% of Wilkins Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Wilkins Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,444 U.S. towns of 4,200 to 8,200, Wilkins Township comes 1,853rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 25 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
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| 30 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
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| 63 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 1,851 | Egg Harbor City NJ | 4,426 | $72K | 7.9% | 5.5% | 5% | B− |
| 1,852 | Shallotte NC | 5,335 | $88K | 10.3% | 3.1% | 17% | B− |
| 1,853 | Wilkins Township PA | 6,044 | $66K | 10.7% | 5.2% | 4% | B− |
| 1,854 | Pevely MO | 6,239 | $56K | 17.9% | 1.8% | 4% | B− |
| 1,855 | Edinboro PA | 5,790 | $48K | 20.5% | 0.4% | 13% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,444 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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 Wilkins Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Around Wilkins Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Monroeville (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wilkins Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilkins Township | – | B− | A− | 29 min | $65,625 |
| Churchill | under 2% | A+ | B+ | 25 min | $106,964 |
| Monroeville | 6% | B | A− | 25 min | $79,218 |
| Turtle Creek | under 2% | C− | A+ | 30 min | $45,997 |
| Forest Hills | under 2% | B+ | A+ | 28 min | $89,688 |
| Chalfant | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| North Braddock | under 2% | D | A+ | 31 min | $34,564 |
| Penn Hills | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Chalfant: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wilkins 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 Wilkins Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wilkins Township?
$65,625 (±$9,566) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wilkins Township?
10.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wilkins Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wilkins Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (37%, 8 mi), Monroeville (6%, 3 mi), Ross Township (2%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wilkins Township walkable?
Wilkins Township is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.4 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wilkins Township without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wilkins Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wilkins 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.