Work & commute · South Manheim

Work & commute in South Manheim, PA

Most working residents leave South Manheim for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Pottsville (5%), Schuylkill Haven (5%) and West Brunswick (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 1,323 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,308 South Manheim residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Manheim.

1,308live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

60work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Manheim goes to work

Pottsville7.2 mi away

5%71

Schuylkill Haven3.2 mi away

5%67

West Brunswick5.7 mi away

5%64

Reading20.7 mi away

3%46

Cressona3.8 mi away

3%35

Tilden6.8 mi away

3%34

Orwigsburg5.4 mi away

2%33

Wayne4.1 mi away

2%32

North Manheim5.7 mi away

2%31

Muhlenberg17.7 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%882

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

How far

How far South Manheim commutes

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

36%

29%

21%

14%

36%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Manheim is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Manheim are

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

Jobs based in South Manheim

75 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs South Manheim residents hold

1,323 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−75%

Jobs based in South Manheim, 2013 → 2023: 295 → 75. 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.