Work & commute · Boyertown

Work & commute in Boyertown, PA

Most working residents leave Boyertown for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Douglass (5%), Colebrookdale (4%) and Limerick (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

151 of 2,054 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,903 Boyertown residents head out of town to work, 151 work right here, and 1,597 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boyertown.

1,903live here, work elsewhere

151live and work here

1,597work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boyertown goes to work

Boyertown (in town)right here

7%151

Douglass2.3 mi away

5%110

Colebrookdale1.3 mi away

4%86

Limerick8.8 mi away

3%59

Pottstown5.6 mi away

3%55

Reading15.2 mi away

2%43

Upper Merion21.5 mi away

2%41

Upper Providence13.9 mi away

2%39

Philadelphia34.7 mi away

2%38

Bally5.4 mi away

2%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%1,395

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

How far

How far Boyertown commutes

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

35%

43%

12%

10%

35%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boyertown is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Boyertown are

1,748 jobs are based in Boyertown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Boyertown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Boyertown

1,748 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Boyertown residents hold

2,054 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+16%

Jobs based in Boyertown, 2013 → 2023: 1,501 → 1,748. 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.