Work & commute · Fleetwood

Work & commute in Fleetwood, PA

Most working residents leave Fleetwood for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Maxatawny (12%), Reading (7%) and Muhlenberg (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

114 of 2,279 working residents

Typical commute

12 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 2,165 Fleetwood residents head out of town to work, 114 work right here, and 1,035 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fleetwood.

2,165live here, work elsewhere

114live and work here

1,035work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fleetwood goes to work

Maxatawny6.2 mi away

12%270

Reading9.8 mi away

7%169

Fleetwood (in town)right here

5%114

Muhlenberg6.9 mi away

4%95

Upper Macungie12.9 mi away

3%71

Maidencreek3.6 mi away

2%55

Wyomissing11.3 mi away

2%54

Allentown20.4 mi away

2%54

Spring15.2 mi away

2%44

Lower Macungie14.4 mi away

2%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%1,310

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

How far

How far Fleetwood commutes

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

38%

34%

18%

38%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fleetwood is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fleetwood are

1,149 jobs are based in Fleetwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fleetwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fleetwood

1,149 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Fleetwood residents hold

2,279 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−4%

Jobs based in Fleetwood, 2013 → 2023: 1,192 → 1,149. 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.