Work & commute · Birdsboro

Work & commute in Birdsboro, PA

Most working residents leave Birdsboro for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Reading (5%), Exeter (4%) and Amity (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

91 of 2,565 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,474 Birdsboro residents head out of town to work, 91 work right here, and 879 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Birdsboro.

2,474live here, work elsewhere

91live and work here

879work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Birdsboro goes to work

Reading8.1 mi away

5%120

Exeter3.9 mi away

4%103

Amity3.9 mi away

4%100

Birdsboro (in town)right here

4%91

Wyomissing9.6 mi away

3%71

Muhlenberg11 mi away

3%68

Caernarvon7.7 mi away

2%60

Limerick14.8 mi away

2%57

West Reading8.7 mi away

2%54

Tredyffrin23.3 mi away

2%53

Everywhere elseother towns and states

70%1,788

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

How far

How far Birdsboro commutes

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

31%

40%

21%

31%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Birdsboro is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Birdsboro are

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

Jobs based in Birdsboro

970 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Birdsboro residents hold

2,565 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+65%

Jobs based in Birdsboro, 2013 → 2023: 588 → 970. 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.