Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0How Dryville works: jobs, income and commuting
Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%. Hardly any work in Dryville itself; outside it, Maxatawny Township draws the most (8%, 4 miles). The trip to work takes 20 minutes on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Dryville
On a workday 190 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 128 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Dryville on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.68 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Dryville: the destinations
Where Dryville clocks in
8% 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.
Goods, not services: 34% of the jobs in Dryville
129 jobs are based in Dryville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dryville, 2014 → 2024: 172 → 129. 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 Dryville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes each way for Dryville’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dryville workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 156 commuters (the 5% 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.
How many miles Dryville commutes
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.
How Dryville compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dryville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dryville | – | — | — | 20 min | — |
| New Jerusalem | under 3% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Maxatawny Township | 8% | C | A | 18 min | $69,412 |
Same-state neighbors only. New Jerusalem: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Maxatawny Township. Darker towns draw more of Dryville’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 Dryville: questions
What is the poverty rate in Dryville?
0.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dryville?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dryville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Maxatawny Township (8%, 4 mi), Allentown (4%, 17 mi), Muhlenberg Township (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Dryville 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 Dryville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dryville
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.