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Work & commute in Brecknock, PA

Most working residents leave Brecknock for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Reading (8%), Cumru (5%) and East Cocalico (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
59 of 2,045 working residents
Typical commute
10 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 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 1,986 Brecknock residents head out of town to work, 59 work right here, and 336 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brecknock.

1,986live here, work elsewhere
59live and work here
336work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Brecknock goes to work

West ReadingKenhorstMohntonWyomissingReadingSpringCumruEast CocalicoBrecknockEast EarlMuhlenbergRobesonSouth HeidelbergEphrataBrecknockCaernarvonReadingCumruEast CocalicoWest ReadingWyomissingSpringCaernarvonMuhlenbergEast EarlBrecknock
1
Reading8.1 mi away
8%159
2
Cumru3.4 mi away
5%93
3
East Cocalico7.1 mi away
4%79
4
West Reading7.5 mi away
4%75
5
Wyomissing7.5 mi away
3%70
6
Spring6.4 mi away
3%70
7
Caernarvon6.3 mi away
3%70
8
Muhlenberg11.9 mi away
3%63
9
Brecknock (in town)right here
3%59
10
East Earl7.6 mi away
2%41
Everywhere elseother towns and states
62%1,266

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.

49%Under 10 mi
25%10–24 mi
18%25–50 mi
9%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Brecknock is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brecknock are

395 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

395 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)29%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)52%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Brecknock residents hold

2,045 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)55%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month65%
+33%

Jobs based in Brecknock, 2013 → 2023: 297 → 395. 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.

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