Work & commute · Tilden

Work & commute in Tilden, PA

Most working residents leave Tilden for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Hamburg (5%), Reading (4%) and Maxatawny (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

145 of 1,648 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,503 Tilden residents head out of town to work, 145 work right here, and 2,748 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tilden.

1,503live here, work elsewhere

145live and work here

2,748work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tilden goes to work

Tilden (in town)right here

9%145

Hamburg2.9 mi away

5%87

Reading15.2 mi away

4%72

Maxatawny15.2 mi away

4%62

Muhlenberg11.8 mi away

3%54

Upper Macungie21.6 mi away

3%47

Perry5.4 mi away

3%45

Bern10.3 mi away

3%42

Wyomissing14.9 mi away

2%41

Upper Bern3.6 mi away

2%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%1,014

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

How far

How far Tilden commutes

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

26%

40%

21%

12%

26%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tilden is a job hub

1.76jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Tilden are

2,893 jobs are based in Tilden. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tilden’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tilden

2,893 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Tilden residents hold

1,648 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+32%

Jobs based in Tilden, 2013 → 2023: 2,193 → 2,893. 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.