Work & commute · Cumru

Work & commute in Cumru, PA

Most working residents leave Cumru for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Reading (13%), Wyomissing (5%) and West Reading (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

526 of 7,206 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,680 Cumru residents head out of town to work, 526 work right here, and 6,042 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cumru.

6,680live here, work elsewhere

526live and work here

6,042work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cumru goes to work

Reading4.8 mi away

13%965

Cumru (in town)right here

7%526

Wyomissing4.2 mi away

5%386

West Reading4.2 mi away

5%360

Spring4.6 mi away

5%349

Muhlenberg8.5 mi away

4%264

Bern8.8 mi away

3%186

Exeter7 mi away

2%152

Philadelphia47.2 mi away

2%148

Maxatawny20.6 mi away

2%146

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%3,724

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

How far

How far Cumru commutes

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

56%

17%

18%

56%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cumru 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 Cumru are

6,568 jobs are based in Cumru. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cumru’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cumru

6,568 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Cumru residents hold

7,206 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+82%

Jobs based in Cumru, 2013 → 2023: 3,614 → 6,568. 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.