Work & commute · Schuylkill Haven

Work & commute in Schuylkill Haven, PA

Most working residents leave Schuylkill Haven for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Pottsville (9%), Cressona (5%) and North Manheim (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

247 of 2,530 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,283 Schuylkill Haven residents head out of town to work, 247 work right here, and 1,279 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Schuylkill Haven.

2,283live here, work elsewhere

247live and work here

1,279work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Schuylkill Haven goes to work

Schuylkill Haven (in town)right here

10%247

Pottsville4.1 mi away

9%221

Cressona1.1 mi away

5%135

North Manheim2.7 mi away

4%110

Wayne4.5 mi away

4%91

Orwigsburg4 mi away

3%75

West Brunswick5.7 mi away

2%60

Reading23.8 mi away

2%57

Pine Grove12.3 mi away

2%44

St. Clair6.5 mi away

2%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%1,449

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

How far

How far Schuylkill Haven commutes

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

46%

23%

19%

13%

46%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Schuylkill Haven is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Schuylkill Haven are

1,526 jobs are based in Schuylkill Haven. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Schuylkill Haven’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Schuylkill Haven

1,526 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Schuylkill Haven residents hold

2,530 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+38%

Jobs based in Schuylkill Haven, 2013 → 2023: 1,104 → 1,526. 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.