Work & commute · Laureldale

Work & commute in Laureldale, PA

Most working residents leave Laureldale for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Reading (12%), Muhlenberg (11%) and Maxatawny (7%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

56 of 2,101 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 2,045 Laureldale residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 1,193 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Laureldale.

2,045live here, work elsewhere

56live and work here

1,193work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Laureldale goes to work

Reading3.6 mi away

12%255

Muhlenberg0.7 mi away

11%239

Maxatawny12.9 mi away

7%137

Wyomissing4.7 mi away

4%86

West Reading4.2 mi away

4%78

Spring8.5 mi away

4%75

Bern4.5 mi away

3%61

Laureldale (in town)right here

3%56

Ontelaunee4.6 mi away

2%52

Exeter6.6 mi away

2%46

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%1,016

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

How far

How far Laureldale commutes

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

54%

20%

17%

54%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Laureldale is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Laureldale are

1,249 jobs are based in Laureldale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Laureldale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Laureldale

1,249 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Laureldale residents hold

2,101 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+29%

Jobs based in Laureldale, 2013 → 2023: 968 → 1,249. 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.