Most of Baumstown commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
93 jobs are based in Baumstown; 175 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Baumstown itself; outside it, Reading draws the most (9%, 7 miles). For 3% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across Pennsylvania.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Baumstown
On a workday 175 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 93 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Baumstown on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Baumstown’s residents
Where Baumstown clocks in
9% of workers
6% 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.
What Baumstown’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Baumstown, 2013 → 2023: 109 → 93. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Baumstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Baumstown, about 43 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Baumstown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 137 commuters (the 3% 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 Baumstown, by distance
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
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 2023, 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 Baumstown: questions
What is the median household income in Baumstown?
$68,750 (±$37,489) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Baumstown?
12.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Baumstown?
43 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Baumstown work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reading (9%, 7 mi), Philadelphia (6%, 40 mi), Exeter Township (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Baumstown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Baumstown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Baumstown
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.