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 4.0Jacksonwald has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Jacksonwald report 310 jobs, against 1,753 working residents. Hardly any work in Jacksonwald; the top destination outside it is Reading (9%, 5 miles). The average commute, 27 minutes each way, matches the Pennsylvania norm.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Jacksonwald, in brief
Stores, warehouses and trucking
64% of the jobs in Jacksonwald are in trade, transport and utilities, against 20% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Jacksonwald
67% of Jacksonwald residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 37% of the jobs based in Jacksonwald pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Jacksonwald is a place people come home to
There are 310 jobs based in Jacksonwald, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Jacksonwald has about 2,500 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Many jobs in Jacksonwald pay little
29% of the jobs based in Jacksonwald pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 30% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. 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.
Jobs in Jacksonwald: what the 310 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jacksonwald, 2013 → 2023: 142 → 310. 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 Jacksonwald’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Jacksonwald, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,738 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 295 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Jacksonwald on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Out of Jacksonwald to work: where people go
Where Jacksonwald clocks in
9% of workers
5% 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.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Jacksonwald
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jacksonwald workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,485 commuters (the 10% 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.
The distance from Jacksonwald to work
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.
Jacksonwald and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jacksonwald workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonwald | – | — | — | 27 min | $119,938 |
| Reiffton | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| St. Lawrence | under 2% | B+ | B | 27 min | $85,625 |
Same-state neighbors only. Reiffton: 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 Jacksonwald’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 Jacksonwald: questions
What is the median household income in Jacksonwald?
$119,938 (±$21,926) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jacksonwald?
1.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jacksonwald?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jacksonwald work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reading (9%, 5 mi), Exeter Township (7%, 1 mi), West Reading (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Jacksonwald without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jacksonwald, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jacksonwald
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.