Work & commute · Centre

Work & commute in Centre, PA

Most working residents leave Centre for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Reading (8%), Muhlenberg (6%) and Bern (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40 of 2,087 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,047 Centre residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 214 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Centre.

2,047live here, work elsewhere

40live and work here

214work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Centre goes to work

Reading10.4 mi away

8%167

Muhlenberg7.3 mi away

6%118

Bern5.3 mi away

4%93

Wyomissing9.9 mi away

4%89

Spring11.5 mi away

4%85

Ontelaunee4.4 mi away

4%81

Maxatawny14.8 mi away

4%80

West Reading10.3 mi away

3%71

Maidencreek6.9 mi away

2%46

Philadelphia56.6 mi away

2%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%1,215

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

How far

How far Centre commutes

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

40%

29%

21%

10%

40%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Centre is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Centre are

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

Jobs based in Centre

254 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)6%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Centre residents hold

2,087 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+20%

Jobs based in Centre, 2013 → 2023: 212 → 254. 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.