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Work & commute in Fivepointville · A commuter town

98% of Fivepointville’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Fivepointville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Brecknock (12%), East Earl (7%) and East Cocalico (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Work in town
2%
11 of 492 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
19 min
Less than PA (26 min)
Work from home
8%
Less than PA (16%)
Jobs based here
210
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Fivepointville?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

12% of working residents work in Brecknock

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

DenverNew Holland: 20 residents work here (4%)Lancaster: 15 residents work here (3%)Reading: 11 residents work here (2%)SpringEarl: 20 residents work here (4%)CaernarvonEast Cocalico: 21 residents work here (4%)West CocalicoBrecknock: 59 residents work here (12%)East Earl: 32 residents work here (7%)Upper Leacock: 12 residents work here (2%)MillcreekEphrata: 11 residents work here (2%)Caernarvon: 16 residents work here (3%)FivepointvilleBrecknockEast EarlEast CocalicoNew HollandEarlCaernarvonFivepointville
1
Brecknock2.2 mi away
12%59
2
East Earl4.2 mi away
7%32
3
East Cocalico3.6 mi away
4%21
4
New Holland5.8 mi away
4%20
5
Earl5.4 mi away
4%20
6
Caernarvon9.6 mi away
3%16
7
Lancaster15.9 mi away
3%15
8
Upper Leacock9.4 mi away
2%12
9
Reading13 mi away
2%11
10
Ephrata4 mi away
2%11
Everywhere elseother towns and states
56%275
The top trips

Where Fivepointville clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 19 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
147 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Fivepointville19 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
8%

of Fivepointville workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
Next door

19% of Fivepointville works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Brecknock (12%). Darker towns draw more of Fivepointville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Fivepointville19 min
East Earl22 min
Brecknock23 min
Day and night

Fivepointville quiets down on a workday

On a workday 481 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 199 people come in from elsewhere.

481live here, work elsewhere
11live and work here
199work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night900
Workday620
900live here− 480head out to work+ 200come in to work= 620on a workday

About 620 people are in Fivepointville on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.43jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Fivepointville commutes less than 11 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi30 miBrecknock: 12% · 2.2 miEast Earl: 7% · 4.2 miEast Cocalico: 4% · 3.6 miNew Holland: 4% · 5.8 miEarl: 4% · 5.4 miCaernarvon: 3% · 9.6 miLancaster: 3% · 15.9 miUpper Leacock: 2% · 9.4 miReading: 2% · 13 miEphrata: 2% · 4 miBrecknock 12%East Earl 7%East Cocalico 4%New Holland 4%Earl 4%Fivepointville
FivepointvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
47%Under 10 mi229 residents
31%10–24 mi152 residents
14%25–50 mi67 residents
7%Over 50 mi35 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

What the 210 jobs in Fivepointville are

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

Jobs based in FivepointvilleJobs Fivepointville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms5%32%
Trade, transport & utilities87%24%
Services: health, schools, offices8%44%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less30%17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%20%
Over $3,333 a month40%63%

Who does it

29 or younger36%24%
30 to 5430%48%
55 and older34%28%
−3%

Jobs based in Fivepointville, 2013 → 2023: 217 → 210. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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