Work & commute · Leesport

Work & commute in Leesport, PA

Most working residents leave Leesport for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Reading (9%), Muhlenberg (8%) and Bern (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37 of 1,064 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,027 Leesport residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 531 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leesport.

1,027live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

531work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leesport goes to work

Reading7.6 mi away

9%94

Muhlenberg4.1 mi away

8%82

Bern3.6 mi away

7%73

Maxatawny12.9 mi away

6%60

Wyomissing7.6 mi away

5%56

Ontelaunee1.6 mi away

5%52

Leesport (in town)right here

3%37

West Reading7.7 mi away

3%31

Spring10.1 mi away

3%28

Philadelphia53.3 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%533

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

How far

How far Leesport commutes

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

55%

19%

16%

10%

55%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leesport is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Leesport are

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

Jobs based in Leesport

568 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Leesport residents hold

1,064 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−44%

Jobs based in Leesport, 2013 → 2023: 1,019 → 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.