Work & commute · Cressona

Work & commute in Cressona, PA

Most working residents leave Cressona for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are North Manheim (9%), Pottsville (8%) and Schuylkill Haven (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44 of 729 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 685 Cressona residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 1,619 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cressona.

685live here, work elsewhere

44live and work here

1,619work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cressona goes to work

North Manheim2.9 mi away

9%65

Pottsville3.5 mi away

8%57

Cressona (in town)right here

6%44

Schuylkill Haven1.1 mi away

4%31

Wayne4 mi away

4%26

Orwigsburg5 mi away

3%24

Reading24.5 mi away

2%16

West Brunswick6.8 mi away

2%15

St. Clair6.3 mi away

2%13

Philadelphia70.4 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%425

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

How far

How far Cressona commutes

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

45%

22%

19%

14%

45%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cressona is a job hub

2.28jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cressona are

1,663 jobs are based in Cressona. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cressona’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cressona

1,663 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)94%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month88%

Jobs Cressona residents hold

729 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+14%

Jobs based in Cressona, 2013 → 2023: 1,461 → 1,663. 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.