Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Worcester Township has higher household incomes than 98% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 24% of workers, against 16% across Pennsylvania. 3.1% of residents live below the poverty line, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 11.7%. The two grades for Worcester Township are A+ for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Worcester Township apart
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Worcester Township’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 29 minutes, longer than the Pennsylvania average of 26. Time on the road ↓
No single place dominates Worcester Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Philadelphia, gets only 8% of working residents, and 57% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Worcester Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
A lot of Worcester Township works from home
24% of Worcester Township workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
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.
Where Worcester Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Household income is its strongest input ($185,114, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Worcester Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
The daily trip from Worcester Township: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Worcester Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,158 commuters (the 24% 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.
8% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Worcester Township clocks in
8% of workers
5% 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.
Worcester Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 4,238 residents head out to work, 216 work right here, and 2,605 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,600 people are in Worcester Township on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.63 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.
66% of the jobs in Worcester Township pay over $3,333 a month
2,821 jobs are based in Worcester Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Worcester Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,863 → 2,821. 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 Worcester Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Worcester 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.
Driving is how Worcester Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Worcester Township is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns, #486 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Worcester 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 5,501 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 49% 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). 4.1% of Worcester Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Worcester Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000, Worcester Township comes 68th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 24 | Lower Moreland Township PA | 14,116 | $154K | 2.6% | 2.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Skippack Township PA | 14,502 | $148K | 2.5% | 2.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Wyoming OH | 8,807 | $165K | 2.7% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| 67 | Whitefish Bay WI | 14,489 | $157K | 3.7% | 2.6% | 7% | A+ |
| 68 | Worcester Township PA | 11,191 | $185K | 3.1% | 3.0% | 5% | A+ |
| 69 | London Grove Township PA | 9,047 | $176K | 1.8% | 0.3% | 5% | A+ |
| 70 | Glencoe IL | 8,724 | $249K | 2.1% | 3.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Worcester Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
15% of Worcester Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Upper Gwynedd Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Worcester Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worcester Township | – | A+ | B | 29 min | $185,114 |
| East Norriton Township | 3% | A− | A | 31 min | $99,277 |
| Upper Gwynedd Township | 5% | A | B+ | 25 min | $114,902 |
| Skippack Township | under 3% | A+ | B− | 30 min | $147,979 |
| Whitpain Township | 4% | A | A | 31 min | $162,856 |
| Lower Providence Township | 3% | A | A− | 28 min | $119,165 |
| Towamencin Township | under 3% | A− | B | 28 min | $100,396 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Worcester 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 Worcester Township: questions
What is the median household income in Worcester Township?
$185,114 (±$41,325) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Worcester Township?
3.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Worcester Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Worcester Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (8%, 17 mi), Upper Gwynedd Township (5%, 3 mi), Upper Merion Township (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Worcester Township walkable?
Worcester Township is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Worcester Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Worcester Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Worcester 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.