Work & commute · Sinking Spring

Work & commute in Sinking Spring, PA

Most working residents leave Sinking Spring for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Reading (10%), Spring (9%) and Wyomissing (7%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

98 of 2,081 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,983 Sinking Spring residents head out of town to work, 98 work right here, and 1,837 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sinking Spring.

1,983live here, work elsewhere

98live and work here

1,837work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sinking Spring goes to work

Reading5.2 mi away

10%217

Spring1.4 mi away

9%178

Wyomissing3.1 mi away

7%153

West Reading4 mi away

6%130

Sinking Spring (in town)right here

5%98

Muhlenberg7.1 mi away

4%85

Cumru4.9 mi away

3%68

Maxatawny20.1 mi away

3%63

Bern5.2 mi away

2%45

Philadelphia51.8 mi away

2%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%1,009

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

How far

How far Sinking Spring commutes

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

57%

18%

16%

57%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sinking Spring is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sinking Spring are

1,935 jobs are based in Sinking Spring. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sinking Spring’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sinking Spring

1,935 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Sinking Spring residents hold

2,081 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−12%

Jobs based in Sinking Spring, 2013 → 2023: 2,191 → 1,935. 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.