Work & commute · Schuylkill

Work & commute in Schuylkill, PA

Most working residents leave Schuylkill for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (12%), Tredyffrin (9%) and Upper Merion (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

151 of 4,163 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,012 Schuylkill residents head out of town to work, 151 work right here, and 2,676 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Schuylkill.

4,012live here, work elsewhere

151live and work here

2,676work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Schuylkill goes to work

Philadelphia19.9 mi away

12%480

Tredyffrin3.5 mi away

9%360

Upper Merion5.7 mi away

7%274

Schuylkill (in town)right here

4%151

East Whiteland5.6 mi away

4%147

Phoenixville3 mi away

3%142

Upper Providence4 mi away

3%126

Radnor8.5 mi away

2%102

Lower Merion12.3 mi away

2%89

Newtown9.1 mi away

2%70

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%2,222

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

How far

How far Schuylkill commutes

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

47%

38%

47%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Schuylkill is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Schuylkill are

2,827 jobs are based in Schuylkill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Schuylkill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Schuylkill

2,827 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Schuylkill residents hold

4,163 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

−10%

Jobs based in Schuylkill, 2013 → 2023: 3,149 → 2,827. 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.