Work & commute · Ontelaunee

Work & commute in Ontelaunee, PA

Most working residents leave Ontelaunee for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Reading (9%), Muhlenberg (5%) and Maxatawny (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

54 of 1,420 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,366 Ontelaunee residents head out of town to work, 54 work right here, and 3,724 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ontelaunee.

1,366live here, work elsewhere

54live and work here

3,724work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ontelaunee goes to work

Reading7.9 mi away

9%134

Muhlenberg4 mi away

5%66

Maxatawny11.4 mi away

5%66

Wyomissing8.3 mi away

4%54

Ontelaunee (in town)right here

4%54

West Reading8.2 mi away

4%51

Spring11.2 mi away

4%51

Bern4.9 mi away

3%48

Maidencreek2.8 mi away

3%48

Cumru12.4 mi away

3%46

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%802

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

How far

How far Ontelaunee commutes

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

48%

19%

23%

10%

48%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ontelaunee is a job hub

2.66jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ontelaunee are

3,778 jobs are based in Ontelaunee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ontelaunee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ontelaunee

3,778 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Ontelaunee residents hold

1,420 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+45%

Jobs based in Ontelaunee, 2013 → 2023: 2,609 → 3,778. 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.