Work & commute · Lower Alsace

Work & commute in Lower Alsace, PA

Most working residents leave Lower Alsace for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Reading (15%), Wyomissing (5%) and Exeter (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52 of 2,389 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,337 Lower Alsace residents head out of town to work, 52 work right here, and 371 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lower Alsace.

2,337live here, work elsewhere

52live and work here

371work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lower Alsace goes to work

Reading2.2 mi away

15%348

Wyomissing4.3 mi away

5%118

Exeter3.6 mi away

5%112

Muhlenberg3.8 mi away

4%104

Maxatawny14.3 mi away

4%87

West Reading3.3 mi away

3%79

Spring8.2 mi away

3%73

Cumru6.3 mi away

3%73

Bern6.7 mi away

2%59

St. Lawrence2 mi away

2%58

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,278

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

How far

How far Lower Alsace commutes

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

56%

19%

15%

10%

56%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lower Alsace is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lower Alsace are

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

Jobs based in Lower Alsace

423 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Lower Alsace residents hold

2,389 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−5%

Jobs based in Lower Alsace, 2013 → 2023: 446 → 423. 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.