Work & commute · Blythe

Work & commute in Blythe, PA

Most working residents leave Blythe for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Pottsville (9%), St. Clair (5%) and North Manheim (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 353 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 348 Blythe residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 110 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blythe.

348live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

110work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blythe goes to work

Pottsville7.3 mi away

9%32

St. Clair5 mi away

5%19

North Manheim6.6 mi away

4%15

Cressona9.4 mi away

3%11

New Philadelphia2.2 mi away

3%11

Orwigsburg6.4 mi away

3%10

West Brunswick7.9 mi away

3%10

Schuylkill Haven9 mi away

3%9

Tilden14.4 mi away

2%7

Wyomissing29.3 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%223

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

How far

How far Blythe commutes

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

42%

20%

22%

15%

42%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blythe is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blythe are

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

Jobs based in Blythe

115 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Blythe residents hold

353 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+26%

Jobs based in Blythe, 2013 → 2023: 91 → 115. 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.