Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Berrysburg works elsewhere
For 28% of workers, the job is at home, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%. There are 10 jobs in Berrysburg for 127 working residents. Hardly any work in Berrysburg itself; outside it, Washington Township draws the most (7%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Berrysburg quiets down on a workday
On a workday 127 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 210 people are in Berrysburg on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 places Berrysburg commutes to
Where Berrysburg clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
30% of the jobs in Berrysburg make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Berrysburg, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 10. 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 Berrysburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Berrysburg: 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 Berrysburg workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 97 commuters (the 28% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Berrysburg
About 16% 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 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 Berrysburg: questions
What is the median household income in Berrysburg?
$61,964 (±$8,378) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Berrysburg?
25.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Berrysburg?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Berrysburg work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington Township (7%, 3 mi), Gratz (6%, 5 mi), Harrisburg (6%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Berrysburg 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 Berrysburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Berrysburg
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.