Photo: Skabat169 · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Boyertown (8.3%) is higher than in 89% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income C: better than 34% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #838 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania.
Walkability A−: more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns · #356 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania.
Household incomes here are lower than in 79% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 28 minutes each way (Pennsylvania 26, U.S. 26). Only 7% work in Boyertown; the top destination outside it is Douglass Township (5%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Boyertown
Boyertown trades workers with the towns around it
Boyertown has about as many jobs (1,748) as working residents (2,054), but they are mostly different people: 1,903 residents leave for work each day while 1,597 people come in. Only 9% of the jobs in Boyertown are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
No single place dominates Boyertown’s commute
The biggest draw, Douglass Township, gets only 5% of working residents, and 68% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Boyertown residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Boyertown’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Boyertown is better than 34% of U.S. towns, #838 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Boyertown’s grade up (ahead of 79% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (8.3%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Boyertown could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 1,903 residents head out to work, 151 work right here, and 1,597 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
5% of working residents work in Douglass Township
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Boyertown clocks in
5% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 1,748 jobs in Boyertown are
1,748 jobs are based in Boyertown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Boyertown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Boyertown, 2013 → 2023: 1,501 → 1,748. 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.
About 28 minutes each way, about the PA average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Boyertown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,716 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Boyertown commutes less than 16 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Boyertown is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Boyertown is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns, #356 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,924 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 10.7% of Boyertown households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Boyertown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Boyertown is 2,783rd of 4,039 U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,800 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Boyertown, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 71 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,781 | Armagh Township PA | 4,088 | $74K | 21.2% | 2.8% | 12% | C |
| 2,782 | Osage Beach MO | 5,079 | $56K | 12.8% | 2.7% | 30% | C |
| 2,783 | Boyertown PA | 4,333 | $57K | 11.1% | 8.3% | 7% | C |
| 2,784 | Worland WY | 4,730 | $63K | 10.7% | 3.1% | 55% | C |
| 2,785 | Mobridge SD | 3,192 | $65K | 18.3% | 0.9% | 46% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,039 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Boyertown and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Colebrookdale Township (4%). Darker towns draw more of Boyertown’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Boyertown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyertown | – | C | A− | 28 min | $56,723 |
| Colebrookdale Township | 4% | B− | B− | 27 min | $90,378 |
| New Berlinville | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. New Berlinville: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Boyertown: questions
What is the median household income in Boyertown?
$56,723 (±$2,992) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Boyertown?
11.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Boyertown?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Boyertown work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Douglass Township (5%, 2 mi), Colebrookdale Township (4%, 1 mi), Limerick Township (3%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Boyertown walkable?
Boyertown is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 11.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Boyertown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Boyertown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Boyertown
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.