Wrightsville Historic District · Photo: Smallbones · CC0Household incomes in Wrightsville are lower than in 63% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Wrightsville B+; getting around on foot earns it A+. Poverty touches 5.0% of residents; Pennsylvania has 11.7%. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 37.7 in Philadelphia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wrightsville and work: the main findings
Wrightsville makes and builds things
43% of the jobs based in Wrightsville are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Wrightsville residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Wrightsville
70% of Wrightsville residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 50% of the jobs based in Wrightsville pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Wrightsville
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wrightsville is better than 70% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Wrightsville’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($67,198, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wrightsville could be anywhere from C to A+.
Making and building: 43% of jobs based in Wrightsville
645 jobs are based in Wrightsville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wrightsville, 2014 → 2024: 674 → 645. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wrightsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Wrightsville, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 999 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 612 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Wrightsville on a workday afternoon, 17% 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 2024, primary jobs.
6% of working residents work in Springettsbury Township
Where Wrightsville clocks in
6% 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.
Time on the road from Wrightsville: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wrightsville workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 952 commuters (the 5% 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.
Half of Wrightsville commutes less than 12 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Wrightsville, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wrightsville is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Wrightsville 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 1,005 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 99% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 99% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% 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). 4.8% of Wrightsville households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wrightsville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000, Wrightsville ranks 1,172nd of 5,102 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 7% | A+ |
| 25 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | South Coventry Township PA | 2,822 | $158K | 0.9% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,170 | Montague MI | 2,424 | $67K | 4.8% | 0.2% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,171 | Penndel PA | 2,507 | $76K | 11.8% | 3.2% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,172 | Wrightsville PA | 2,259 | $67K | 5.0% | 3.9% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,173 | Clay Township KS | 2,001 | $96K | 6.3% | 2.1% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,174 | Westmoreland NH | 1,757 | $104K | 6.2% | 2.7% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,102 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Wrightsville, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door to Wrightsville
The biggest share goes to Hellam Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wrightsville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrightsville | – | B+ | A+ | 23 min | $67,198 |
| West Hempfield Township | 2% | A | C+ | 25 min | $98,099 |
| Hellam Township | 5% | A | C− | 30 min | $94,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wrightsville’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 2024, 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 Wrightsville: questions
What is the median household income in Wrightsville?
$67,198 (±$16,661) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wrightsville?
5.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wrightsville?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wrightsville work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springettsbury Township (6%, 8 mi), York (6%, 11 mi), Hellam Township (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Wrightsville walkable?
Wrightsville is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 16.5 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wrightsville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 99% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wrightsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wrightsville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.