With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Aaronsburg works elsewhere
Working residents average 26 minutes each way, about the same as across Pennsylvania. Employers in Aaronsburg report 22 jobs for 243 working residents. Only 1% work in Aaronsburg; the top destination outside it is Penn Township (10%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Aaronsburg apart on work
How many people are in Aaronsburg by day
On a workday 240 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About 500 people are in Aaronsburg on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Aaronsburg: the destinations
Where Aaronsburg clocks in
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
In Aaronsburg, 32% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Aaronsburg, 2014 → 2024: 8 → 22. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Aaronsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Aaronsburg: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Aaronsburg workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 216 commuters (the 19% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Aaronsburg, by distance
About 28% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Aaronsburg: questions
What is the median household income in Aaronsburg?
$89,408 (±$41,449) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Aaronsburg?
1.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Aaronsburg?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Aaronsburg work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Penn Township (10%, 4 mi), College Township (7%, 20 mi), Millheim (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Aaronsburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 27% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Aaronsburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Aaronsburg
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.