Work & commute · Brecknock

Work & commute in Brecknock, PA

Most working residents leave Brecknock for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are East Earl (8%), East Cocalico (5%) and Earl (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

304 of 3,223 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 2,919 Brecknock residents head out of town to work, 304 work right here, and 1,283 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brecknock.

2,919live here, work elsewhere

304live and work here

1,283work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brecknock goes to work

Brecknock (in town)right here

9%304

East Earl5.2 mi away

8%251

East Cocalico4.3 mi away

5%163

Earl7.3 mi away

5%157

New Holland7.6 mi away

4%133

Manheim16 mi away

3%102

Lancaster18.1 mi away

3%90

Upper Leacock11.6 mi away

2%79

Ephrata8 mi away

2%78

Ephrata6.1 mi away

2%75

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%1,791

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

How far

How far Brecknock commutes

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

46%

32%

14%

46%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brecknock is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brecknock are

1,587 jobs are based in Brecknock. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brecknock’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brecknock

1,587 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)61%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Brecknock residents hold

3,223 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+47%

Jobs based in Brecknock, 2013 → 2023: 1,083 → 1,587. 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.