Work & commute · Wyomissing

Work & commute in Wyomissing, PA

Most working residents leave Wyomissing for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Reading (12%), Spring (7%) and West Reading (7%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

463 of 4,786 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,323 Wyomissing residents head out of town to work, 463 work right here, and 12,624 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wyomissing.

4,323live here, work elsewhere

463live and work here

12,624work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wyomissing goes to work

Reading2.1 mi away

12%585

Wyomissing (in town)right here

10%463

Spring4 mi away

7%351

West Reading1 mi away

7%349

Muhlenberg4.7 mi away

4%178

Cumru4.2 mi away

3%134

Bern4.7 mi away

2%112

Philadelphia49.4 mi away

2%110

Exeter7 mi away

2%108

Maxatawny17.6 mi away

2%83

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%2,313

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

How far

How far Wyomissing commutes

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

55%

14%

20%

11%

55%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wyomissing is a job hub

2.73jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wyomissing are

13,087 jobs are based in Wyomissing. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wyomissing’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wyomissing

13,087 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Wyomissing residents hold

4,786 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−8%

Jobs based in Wyomissing, 2013 → 2023: 14,237 → 13,087. 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.