Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Bechtelsville has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
The trip to work takes 24 minutes on average, next to 26 for Pennsylvania and 26 for the U.S. There are 170 jobs in Bechtelsville for 467 working residents. Only 1% stay in Bechtelsville for work; outside it, Bally is the main destination (5%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Bechtelsville
On a workday 460 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 163 people come in from elsewhere.
About 590 people are in Bechtelsville on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Where people from Bechtelsville work
Where Bechtelsville clocks in
5% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 79% of the jobs in Bechtelsville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bechtelsville, 2014 → 2024: 174 → 170. 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 Bechtelsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 24 minutes from Bechtelsville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bechtelsville workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 519 commuters (the 10% 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 distance from Bechtelsville to work
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.
Bechtelsville and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Washington Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bechtelsville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bechtelsville | – | — | — | 24 min | $90,000 |
| Washington Township | 4% | A | D | 31 min | $98,859 |
| Colebrookdale Township | 3% | B− | B− | 27 min | $90,378 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bechtelsville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Bechtelsville: questions
What is the median household income in Bechtelsville?
$90,000 (±$27,829) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bechtelsville?
7.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bechtelsville?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bechtelsville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bally (5%, 3 mi), Washington Township (4%, 2 mi), Douglass Township (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Bechtelsville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bechtelsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bechtelsville
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.