Work & commute · Parkesburg

Work & commute in Parkesburg, PA

Most working residents leave Parkesburg for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are West Goshen (5%), Philadelphia (4%) and West Whiteland (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

55 of 1,929 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 1,874 Parkesburg residents head out of town to work, 55 work right here, and 426 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Parkesburg.

1,874live here, work elsewhere

55live and work here

426work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Parkesburg goes to work

West Goshen17 mi away

5%101

Philadelphia41.6 mi away

4%82

West Whiteland16.5 mi away

4%68

Caln8.6 mi away

3%59

Downingtown11.8 mi away

3%56

Parkesburg (in town)right here

3%55

East Whiteland20.1 mi away

2%47

West Sadsbury2.2 mi away

2%45

West Fallowfield4.6 mi away

2%44

West Chester16.5 mi away

2%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

69%1,333

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

How far

How far Parkesburg commutes

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

25%

44%

22%

25%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Parkesburg is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Parkesburg are

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

Jobs based in Parkesburg

481 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Parkesburg residents hold

1,929 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+45%

Jobs based in Parkesburg, 2013 → 2023: 331 → 481. 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.