Work & commute · North Manheim

Work & commute in North Manheim, PA

Most working residents leave North Manheim for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Pottsville (8%), Cressona (5%) and Schuylkill Haven (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

124 of 1,798 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,674 North Manheim residents head out of town to work, 124 work right here, and 2,139 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Manheim.

1,674live here, work elsewhere

124live and work here

2,139work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Manheim goes to work

Pottsville2.3 mi away

8%137

North Manheim (in town)right here

7%124

Cressona2.9 mi away

5%85

Schuylkill Haven2.7 mi away

4%76

Orwigsburg3.5 mi away

3%60

West Brunswick5.9 mi away

3%59

Wayne6.8 mi away

3%49

Reading26 mi away

3%47

Philadelphia71 mi away

2%37

Norwegian3.4 mi away

2%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%1,092

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

How far

How far North Manheim commutes

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

41%

21%

23%

14%

41%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Manheim is balanced between jobs and homes

1.26jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in North Manheim are

2,263 jobs are based in North Manheim. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Manheim’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Manheim

2,263 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs North Manheim residents hold

1,798 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−11%

Jobs based in North Manheim, 2013 → 2023: 2,543 → 2,263. 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.