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Jobs & commute in Forestville

With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Forestville works elsewhere

Home is the office for 0% of workers (Pennsylvania 16%). Employers in Forestville report 18 jobs for 196 working residents. Hardly any stay in Forestville for work; outside it, Pottsville is the main destination (12%, 4 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

18 jobs based here
Household income
$118K
median · Pennsylvania $78K
Poverty
3.3%
Pennsylvania 11.7%
Unemployment
1.5%
Pennsylvania 5.3% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
30 min
Pennsylvania 26 · U.S. 26
Work in town
0%
0 of 196 working residents
Work from home
0%
Pennsylvania 16% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

Forestville quiets down on a workday

On a workday 196 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.

196live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
18work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night480
Workday310
480live here− 200head out to work+ 18come in to work= 310on a workday

About 310 people are in Forestville on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.09jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Commuting out of Forestville: the destinations

Mount CarmelMinersville: 6 residents work here (3%)Pine GroveSt. Clair: 7 residents work here (4%)ZelienopleOrwigsburg: 4 residents work here (2%)Pottsville: 24 residents work here (12%)Harrisburg: 5 residents work here (3%)Bethel ParkScrantonSpring Township: 4 residents work here (2%)East Hempfield TownshipCass Township: 9 residents work here (5%)South Manheim TownshipHegins TownshipUpper Macungie Township: 4 residents work here (2%)North Manheim Township: 4 residents work here (2%)Manheim Township: 4 residents work here (2%)ForestvillePottsvilleCass TownshipSt. ClairMinersvilleHarrisburgOrwigsburgForestville
1
Pottsville4.5 mi away
12%24
2
Cass Township1.9 mi away
5%9
3
St. Clair5.7 mi away
4%7
4
Minersville1.8 mi away
3%6
5
Harrisburg42.5 mi away
3%5
6
Orwigsburg10.3 mi away
2%4
7
Spring Township30.1 mi away
2%4
8
Upper Macungie Township36.1 mi away
2%4
9
North Manheim Township6.8 mi away
2%4
10
Manheim Township41.6 mi away
2%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
64%125
The top trips

Where Forestville clocks in

12% of workers
4.5 mi awayPottsville24 Forestville residents work here · Jobs & commute →
5% of workers
1.9 mi awayCass Township9 Forestville residents work here · Jobs & commute →
4% of workers
5.7 mi awaySt. Clair7 Forestville residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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.

The jobs

The kinds of work in Forestville

Jobs based in ForestvilleJobs Forestville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms17%22%
Trade, transport & utilities11%27%
Services: health, schools, offices72%51%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less17%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%22%
Over $3,333 a month56%62%

Who does it

29 or younger22%20%
30 to 5461%51%
55 and older17%29%
−81%

Jobs based in Forestville, 2014 → 2024: 93 → 18. 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 Forestville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Commuting from Forestville: about 30 minutes a trip

A year of commuting
232 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Forestville30 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Forestville workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Forestville gets to work
>99%Drive alone
<1%Walk

Share of the 270 commuters (the 0% 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 far

How far it is to work from Forestville

10 mi25 mi50 miPottsville: 12% · 4.5 miCass Township: 5% · 1.9 miSt. Clair: 4% · 5.7 miMinersville: 3% · 1.8 miHarrisburg: 3% · 42.5 miOrwigsburg: 2% · 10.3 miSpring Township: 2% · 30.1 miUpper Macungie Township: 2% · 36.1 miNorth Manheim Township: 2% · 6.8 miManheim Township: 2% · 41.6 miPottsville 12%Cass Township 5%St. Clair 4%Minersville 3%Harrisburg 3%Forestville
ForestvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
37%Under 10 mi72 residents
19%10–24 mi37 residents
28%25–50 mi55 residents
16%Over 50 mi32 residents

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 2024.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Forestville: questions

What is the median household income in Forestville?

$117,969 (±$36,642) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Forestville?

3.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Forestville?

30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Forestville work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pottsville (12%, 4 mi), Cass Township (5%, 2 mi), St. Clair (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Forestville without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Forestville, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Forestville

Forestville home →
30min commute
HandbookGetting around ForestvilleRoads, buses, parking and the basics
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RankingsTop towns in PAShortest commutes, work from home & more

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.