Work & commute · Reed

Work & commute in Reed, PA

Most working residents leave Reed for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Susquehanna (10%), Harrisburg (8%) and Halifax (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 97 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 96 Reed residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 123 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Reed.

96live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

123work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Reed goes to work

Susquehanna9.2 mi away

10%10

Harrisburg10.9 mi away

8%8

Halifax5.4 mi away

8%8

Swatara15 mi away

5%5

Lower Paxton11.8 mi away

4%4

Silver Spring11.8 mi away

3%3

Hampden10.6 mi away

3%3

Elizabethtown27.3 mi away

2%2

East Hanover20.7 mi away

2%2

York38.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%50

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

How far

How far Reed commutes

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

20%

48%

13%

20%

20%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Reed is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Reed are

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

Jobs based in Reed

124 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities69%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month21%

Jobs Reed residents hold

97 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+91%

Jobs based in Reed, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 124. 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.