Work & commute · Robeson

Work & commute in Robeson, PA

Most working residents leave Robeson for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Caernarvon (7%), Reading (6%) and Cumru (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

191 of 3,167 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,976 Robeson residents head out of town to work, 191 work right here, and 884 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Robeson.

2,976live here, work elsewhere

191live and work here

884work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Robeson goes to work

Caernarvon5.1 mi away

7%209

Robeson (in town)right here

6%191

Reading7.3 mi away

6%178

Cumru4.8 mi away

4%121

Exeter5.7 mi away

4%115

Muhlenberg11 mi away

3%97

West Reading7.4 mi away

3%95

Wyomissing8 mi away

3%85

Philadelphia42.5 mi away

3%84

Bern12.6 mi away

2%62

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%1,930

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

How far

How far Robeson commutes

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

43%

28%

19%

10%

43%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Robeson is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Robeson are

1,075 jobs are based in Robeson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Robeson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Robeson

1,075 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Robeson residents hold

3,167 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+17%

Jobs based in Robeson, 2013 → 2023: 919 → 1,075. 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.