Work & commute · Lower Heidelberg

Work & commute in Lower Heidelberg, PA

Most working residents leave Lower Heidelberg for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Spring (9%), Reading (9%) and Wyomissing (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

131 of 2,988 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,857 Lower Heidelberg residents head out of town to work, 131 work right here, and 846 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lower Heidelberg.

2,857live here, work elsewhere

131live and work here

846work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lower Heidelberg goes to work

Spring3.2 mi away

9%276

Reading6.8 mi away

9%259

Wyomissing4.8 mi away

6%175

West Reading5.8 mi away

5%136

Lower Heidelberg (in town)right here

4%131

Cumru7.3 mi away

3%96

Bern4.5 mi away

3%88

Muhlenberg7.5 mi away

3%88

Sinking Spring2.4 mi away

2%59

South Heidelberg3.5 mi away

2%58

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%1,622

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

How far

How far Lower Heidelberg commutes

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

53%

17%

20%

10%

53%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lower Heidelberg is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lower Heidelberg are

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

Jobs based in Lower Heidelberg

977 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Lower Heidelberg residents hold

2,988 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−7%

Jobs based in Lower Heidelberg, 2013 → 2023: 1,053 → 977. 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.