Photo: Ficflash · CC BY-SA 3.0Brickerville at work: jobs, income and the commute
A typical one-way commute lasts 20 minutes (Pennsylvania 26, U.S. 26). Only 3% work in Brickerville itself; outside it, Lititz draws the most (7%, 5 miles). Employers in Brickerville report 562 jobs, against 592 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Brickerville: the gist
Brickerville makes and builds things
60% of the jobs based in Brickerville are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Brickerville residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
Brickerville has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Brickerville went from 353 in 2013 to 562 in 2023, +59%. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
34% of the jobs based in Brickerville are held by workers 29 or younger, against 24% of Brickerville’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
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; with 592 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Goods jobs make up 60% of work in Brickerville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brickerville, 2013 → 2023: 353 → 562. 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 Brickerville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Brickerville
On a workday 573 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 543 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 (0.95 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.
Where the trip to work from Brickerville ends
Where Brickerville clocks in
7% of workers
7% 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.
From Brickerville, about 20 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brickerville workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 492 commuters (the 13% 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.
Brickerville’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Next door to Brickerville
The biggest share goes to Clay Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brickerville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brickerville | – | — | — | 20 min | $74,167 |
| Clay Township | 5% | A | C− | 28 min | $84,389 |
| Hopeland | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hopeland: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brickerville’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 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 Brickerville: questions
What is the median household income in Brickerville?
$74,167 (±$24,056) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brickerville?
6.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brickerville?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brickerville work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lititz (7%, 5 mi), Manheim Township (7%, 9 mi), Warwick Township (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brickerville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brickerville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brickerville
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.