Work & commute · Muhlenberg

Work & commute in Muhlenberg, PA

Most working residents leave Muhlenberg for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Reading (13%), Maxatawny (6%) and Wyomissing (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,178 of 10,167 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 8,989 Muhlenberg residents head out of town to work, 1,178 work right here, and 12,979 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Muhlenberg.

8,989live here, work elsewhere

1,178live and work here

12,979work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Muhlenberg goes to work

Reading3.9 mi away

13%1,314

Muhlenberg (in town)right here

12%1,178

Maxatawny13 mi away

6%615

Wyomissing4.7 mi away

5%464

West Reading4.4 mi away

4%358

Spring8.3 mi away

4%358

Maidencreek5.2 mi away

2%251

Bern3.8 mi away

2%245

Cumru8.5 mi away

2%226

Philadelphia49.6 mi away

2%204

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%4,954

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

How far

How far Muhlenberg commutes

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

54%

18%

17%

10%

54%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Muhlenberg is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Muhlenberg are

14,157 jobs are based in Muhlenberg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Muhlenberg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Muhlenberg

14,157 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Muhlenberg residents hold

10,167 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−5%

Jobs based in Muhlenberg, 2013 → 2023: 14,862 → 14,157. 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.