With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Greenfields works elsewhere
Home is the office for 5% of workers (Pennsylvania 16%). Employers in Greenfields report 133 jobs, against 504 working residents. Hardly any work in Greenfields; the top destination outside it is Reading (11%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Greenfields apart on work
A lot of Greenfields works one town over
28% of working residents work in a town that borders Greenfields: Reading (11%), Muhlenberg Township (7%) and Spring Township (6%). Next door ↓
Greenfields is a place people come home to
There are 133 jobs based in Greenfields, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Greenfields has about 620 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 504 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Greenfields, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 503 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 132 people come in from elsewhere.
About 620 people are in Greenfields on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Commuting out of Greenfields: the destinations
Where Greenfields clocks in
11% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
Greenfields makes things: 32% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greenfields, 2013 → 2023: 173 → 133. 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 Greenfields’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Greenfields, about 24 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greenfields workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 409 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Greenfields
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.
Bordering towns draw 28% of Greenfields’ workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Greenfields workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenfields | – | — | — | 24 min | $78,830 |
| Spring Township | 6% | A | A− | 24 min | $94,837 |
| Reading | 11% | C− | A | 24 min | $44,091 |
| Wyomissing | 4% | A | B+ | 20 min | $93,203 |
| Muhlenberg Township | 7% | B+ | B | 23 min | $88,069 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Reading. Darker towns draw more of Greenfields’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 Greenfields: questions
What is the median household income in Greenfields?
$78,830 (±$20,991) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greenfields?
2.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greenfields?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greenfields work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reading (11%, 2 mi), Bern Township (8%, 3 mi), Muhlenberg Township (7%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Greenfields 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 Greenfields, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greenfields
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.