Work & commute · Orwigsburg

Work & commute in Orwigsburg, PA

Most working residents leave Orwigsburg for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Pottsville (7%), West Brunswick (5%) and North Manheim (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

104 of 1,381 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,277 Orwigsburg residents head out of town to work, 104 work right here, and 1,356 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Orwigsburg.

1,277live here, work elsewhere

104live and work here

1,356work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Orwigsburg goes to work

Orwigsburg (in town)right here

8%104

Pottsville5.8 mi away

7%98

West Brunswick2.4 mi away

5%70

North Manheim3.5 mi away

4%57

Reading23.7 mi away

4%53

Upper Macungie25.8 mi away

3%35

Tilden8.5 mi away

2%33

Schuylkill Haven4 mi away

2%31

Wayne8.3 mi away

2%31

Cressona5 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%844

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

How far

How far Orwigsburg commutes

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

40%

24%

22%

14%

40%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Orwigsburg is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Orwigsburg are

1,460 jobs are based in Orwigsburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Orwigsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Orwigsburg

1,460 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Orwigsburg residents hold

1,381 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+31%

Jobs based in Orwigsburg, 2013 → 2023: 1,111 → 1,460. 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.