Work & commute · North Heidelberg

Work & commute in North Heidelberg, PA

Most working residents leave North Heidelberg for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Reading (5%), Jackson (4%) and Tulpehocken (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 492 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 486 North Heidelberg residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 189 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Heidelberg.

486live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

189work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Heidelberg goes to work

Reading11 mi away

5%23

Jackson10.9 mi away

4%19

Tulpehocken7.4 mi away

4%18

West Reading10.1 mi away

3%17

Wyomissing9.2 mi away

3%15

Spring7.9 mi away

3%15

Muhlenberg10.2 mi away

3%14

Lebanon16.5 mi away

3%13

Jefferson3.8 mi away

2%12

South Lebanon15 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%335

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

How far

How far North Heidelberg commutes

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

33%

38%

15%

14%

33%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Heidelberg is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Heidelberg are

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

Jobs based in North Heidelberg

195 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)83%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs North Heidelberg residents hold

492 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+60%

Jobs based in North Heidelberg, 2013 → 2023: 122 → 195. 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.