Work & commute · Bechtelsville

Work & commute in Bechtelsville, PA

Most working residents leave Bechtelsville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Bally (6%), Colebrookdale (4%) and Douglass (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 450 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 444 Bechtelsville residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 237 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bechtelsville.

444live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

237work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bechtelsville goes to work

Bally3.1 mi away

6%26

Colebrookdale2.1 mi away

4%20

Douglass2.7 mi away

3%14

Boyertown2.6 mi away

3%13

Pottstown8.3 mi away

3%12

Allentown17.4 mi away

3%12

Upper Hanover6.4 mi away

3%12

Washington2 mi away

2%11

Upper Macungie13.7 mi away

2%10

Bethlehem22.5 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

69%311

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Bechtelsville commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

33%

46%

13%

33%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bechtelsville is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.54 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bechtelsville are

243 jobs are based in Bechtelsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bechtelsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bechtelsville

243 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)86%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Bechtelsville residents hold

450 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−9%

Jobs based in Bechtelsville, 2013 → 2023: 267 → 243. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Work & commute in Bechtelsville, PA

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

Where Bechtelsville goes to work

How far Bechtelsville commutes

Bechtelsville is a commuter town

What the jobs in Bechtelsville are

Jobs based in Bechtelsville

Jobs Bechtelsville residents hold

How to read this page

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