Work & commute · West Brunswick

Work & commute in West Brunswick, PA

Most working residents leave West Brunswick for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Pottsville (6%), Orwigsburg (6%) and Tilden (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

113 of 1,469 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 1,356 West Brunswick residents head out of town to work, 113 work right here, and 1,245 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Brunswick.

1,356live here, work elsewhere

113live and work here

1,245work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Brunswick goes to work

West Brunswick (in town)right here

8%113

Pottsville8.2 mi away

6%92

Orwigsburg2.4 mi away

6%83

Tilden6.5 mi away

4%57

Reading21.7 mi away

3%51

North Manheim5.9 mi away

3%47

Cressona6.8 mi away

2%31

Hamburg7 mi away

2%28

Upper Macungie23.5 mi away

2%28

Maxatawny18.4 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%914

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

How far

How far West Brunswick commutes

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

38%

28%

19%

15%

38%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Brunswick is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in West Brunswick are

1,358 jobs are based in West Brunswick. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Brunswick’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Brunswick

1,358 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs West Brunswick residents hold

1,469 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+4%

Jobs based in West Brunswick, 2013 → 2023: 1,306 → 1,358. 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.