Work & commute · Branch

Work & commute in Branch, PA

Most working residents leave Branch for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Pottsville (18%), Minersville (5%) and Norwegian (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 783 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 773 Branch residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 250 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Branch.

773live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

250work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Branch goes to work

Pottsville2.8 mi away

18%142

Minersville1.5 mi away

5%37

Norwegian2.5 mi away

4%32

Cressona4.4 mi away

3%24

Cass3 mi away

3%22

St. Clair5.1 mi away

3%20

North Manheim4.8 mi away

2%16

Orwigsburg8.2 mi away

2%15

Reading28.8 mi away

2%14

Philadelphia74.8 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%450

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

How far

How far Branch commutes

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

50%

12%

26%

13%

50%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Branch 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 Branch are

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

Jobs based in Branch

260 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Branch residents hold

783 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−25%

Jobs based in Branch, 2013 → 2023: 348 → 260. 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.