Most of Young Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Young Township grades C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. 105 jobs are based in Young Township; 631 of its residents have a job. Only 2% stay in Young Township for work; outside it, White Township is the main destination (10%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Young Township apart on work
Young Township is a place people come home to
There are 105 jobs based in Young Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Young Township has about 1,100 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Young Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. 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; with 631 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Young Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Young Township is better than 42% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Young Township’s grade up ($77,200, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 30% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (5.0%) is left out: Young Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Young Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
The workday shuffle in and out of Young Township
On a workday 620 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Young Township on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
From Young Township, about 34 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Young Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 782 commuters (the 12% 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.
Where Young Township’s working residents head each day
Where Young 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.
A place that makes things: 85% of Young Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Young Township, 2013 → 2023: 59 → 105. 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 Young Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Young 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.
Most of Young Township commutes by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 3.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 891 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). 5.0% of Young Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Young Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Young Township next to U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300: 2,682nd of 5,760 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 37 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,680 | Kittanning Township PA | 2,002 | $79K | 14.0% | 3.7% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,681 | Ulster Township PA | 1,296 | $76K | 8.0% | 4.3% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,682 | Young Township PA | 1,670 | $77K | 9.9% | 5.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,683 | Dickson OK | 1,363 | $81K | 11.1% | 1.2% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,684 | Terre Hill PA | 1,282 | $64K | 17.1% | 2.5% | <1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Young Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns around Young Township
The biggest share goes to Conemaugh Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Young Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young Township | – | C+ | D | 34 min | $77,200 |
| Black Lick Township | under 2% | C− | D | 24 min | $69,485 |
| Armstrong Township | under 2% | B | C+ | 24 min | $81,404 |
| Conemaugh Township | 3% | C | D− | 30 min | $63,478 |
| South Bend Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. South Bend Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Young 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 Young Township: questions
What is the median household income in Young Township?
$77,200 (±$15,528) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Young Township?
9.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Young Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Young Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are White Township (10%, 13 mi), Indiana (8%, 11 mi), Pittsburgh (5%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Young Township walkable?
Young Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Young Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Young Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Young 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.