Work & commute · Caernarvon

Work & commute in Caernarvon, PA

Most working residents leave Caernarvon for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are East Earl (8%), Earl (5%) and New Holland (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

150 of 1,729 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,579 Caernarvon residents head out of town to work, 150 work right here, and 718 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Caernarvon.

1,579live here, work elsewhere

150live and work here

718work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Caernarvon goes to work

Caernarvon (in town)right here

9%150

East Earl4.2 mi away

8%141

Earl8 mi away

5%81

New Holland7.7 mi away

4%66

Honey Brook4.9 mi away

4%63

Caernarvon4.2 mi away

3%56

Brecknock5.9 mi away

3%48

Salisbury7 mi away

3%46

Upper Leacock12.8 mi away

2%42

Philadelphia44.3 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%1,002

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

How far

How far Caernarvon commutes

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

41%

35%

14%

10%

41%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Caernarvon is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Caernarvon are

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

Jobs based in Caernarvon

868 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Caernarvon residents hold

1,729 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+24%

Jobs based in Caernarvon, 2013 → 2023: 699 → 868. 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.