Work & commute · Colebrookdale

Work & commute in Colebrookdale, PA

Most working residents leave Colebrookdale for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Boyertown (4%), Douglass (3%) and Pottstown (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

163 of 2,544 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,381 Colebrookdale residents head out of town to work, 163 work right here, and 2,144 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Colebrookdale.

2,381live here, work elsewhere

163live and work here

2,144work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Colebrookdale goes to work

Colebrookdale (in town)right here

6%163

Boyertown1.3 mi away

4%97

Douglass3.1 mi away

3%87

Pottstown6.5 mi away

3%71

Limerick10.1 mi away

3%68

Bally5.2 mi away

2%62

Reading14.3 mi away

2%55

Philadelphia36 mi away

2%55

Upper Merion22.8 mi away

2%53

Tredyffrin22 mi away

2%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

70%1,788

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

How far

How far Colebrookdale commutes

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

33%

44%

14%

33%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Colebrookdale is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Colebrookdale are

2,307 jobs are based in Colebrookdale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Colebrookdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Colebrookdale

2,307 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Colebrookdale residents hold

2,544 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+16%

Jobs based in Colebrookdale, 2013 → 2023: 1,983 → 2,307. 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.