Work & commute · Caernarvon

Work & commute in Caernarvon, PA

Most working residents leave Caernarvon for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Honey Brook (4%), Reading (3%) and Philadelphia (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

182 of 1,514 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,332 Caernarvon residents head out of town to work, 182 work right here, and 4,464 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Caernarvon.

1,332live here, work elsewhere

182live and work here

4,464work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Caernarvon goes to work

Caernarvon (in town)right here

12%182

Honey Brook5.3 mi away

4%62

Reading12.2 mi away

3%48

Philadelphia41.1 mi away

3%42

Wyomissing12.5 mi away

3%38

East Earl8.3 mi away

3%38

Caernarvon4.2 mi away

2%35

Uwchlan13.7 mi away

2%27

Cumru8.4 mi away

2%25

Exeter10.6 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%992

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.

31%

36%

20%

13%

31%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Caernarvon is a job hub

3.07jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Caernarvon are

4,646 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

4,646 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Caernarvon residents hold

1,514 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+38%

Jobs based in Caernarvon, 2013 → 2023: 3,374 → 4,646. 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.