Work & commute · Shillington

Work & commute in Shillington, PA

Most working residents leave Shillington for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Reading (13%), Spring (6%) and Cumru (6%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

102 of 2,706 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,604 Shillington residents head out of town to work, 102 work right here, and 1,129 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shillington.

2,604live here, work elsewhere

102live and work here

1,129work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shillington goes to work

Reading3.3 mi away

13%353

Spring3.4 mi away

6%168

Cumru2.1 mi away

6%153

Wyomissing2.2 mi away

6%151

West Reading2.4 mi away

5%124

Muhlenberg6.8 mi away

4%108

Shillington (in town)right here

4%102

Bern6.8 mi away

3%93

East Cocalico9.1 mi away

2%65

Maxatawny19.3 mi away

2%64

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,325

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

How far

How far Shillington commutes

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

58%

16%

17%

58%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shillington is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shillington are

1,231 jobs are based in Shillington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shillington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Shillington

1,231 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Shillington residents hold

2,706 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−86%

Jobs based in Shillington, 2013 → 2023: 8,511 → 1,231. 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.