Work & commute · Oley

Work & commute in Oley, PA

Most working residents leave Oley for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Reading (6%), Maxatawny (4%) and Muhlenberg (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

159 of 1,958 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,799 Oley residents head out of town to work, 159 work right here, and 883 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oley.

1,799live here, work elsewhere

159live and work here

883work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oley goes to work

Oley (in town)right here

8%159

Reading8.9 mi away

6%111

Maxatawny11.1 mi away

4%75

Muhlenberg8.9 mi away

3%65

West Reading10 mi away

3%58

Exeter5.3 mi away

3%57

Amity5.2 mi away

2%47

Upper Macungie15.8 mi away

2%42

Philadelphia41.3 mi away

2%41

Bern12.6 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%1,269

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

How far

How far Oley commutes

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

40%

29%

23%

40%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oley is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oley are

1,042 jobs are based in Oley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oley

1,042 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Oley residents hold

1,958 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+12%

Jobs based in Oley, 2013 → 2023: 930 → 1,042. 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.