Work & commute · Rockland

Work & commute in Rockland, PA

Most working residents leave Rockland for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Maxatawny (9%), Reading (5%) and Upper Macungie (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 1,975 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,936 Rockland residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 176 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rockland.

1,936live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

176work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rockland goes to work

Maxatawny5.5 mi away

9%183

Reading12.2 mi away

5%94

Upper Macungie10.5 mi away

4%80

Lower Macungie10.9 mi away

3%62

Allentown17.2 mi away

2%49

Muhlenberg10.3 mi away

2%49

Topton4.4 mi away

2%43

Longswamp5.3 mi away

2%43

Rockland (in town)right here

2%39

Maidencreek7.8 mi away

2%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%1,295

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

How far

How far Rockland commutes

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

30%

41%

19%

30%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rockland is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rockland are

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

Jobs based in Rockland

215 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Rockland residents hold

1,975 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−97%

Jobs based in Rockland, 2013 → 2023: 7,820 → 215. 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.