Earning a living in Lorane
Employers in Lorane report 2,445 jobs, and 2,252 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% stay in Lorane for work; outside it, Reading is the main destination (10%, 5 miles). Commuters spend 28 minutes getting to work on average; Pennsylvania averages 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lorane and work: the main findings
Lorane trades workers with the towns around it
Lorane has about as many jobs (2,445) as working residents (2,252), but they are mostly different people: 2,202 residents leave for work each day while 2,395 people come in. Only 2% of the jobs in Lorane are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
47% of the jobs in Lorane are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Lorane
66% of Lorane residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 44% of the jobs based in Lorane pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. 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.
Who works in Lorane, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 2,202 residents head out to work, 50 work right here, and 2,395 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 (1.09 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.
The kinds of work in Lorane
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lorane, 2013 → 2023: 2,449 → 2,445. 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 Lorane’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that employ Lorane’s residents
Where Lorane clocks in
10% 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.
Getting to work from Lorane takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lorane workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,884 commuters (the 21% 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 it is to work from Lorane
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.
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 Lorane: questions
What is the median household income in Lorane?
$84,293 (±$21,228) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lorane?
6.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lorane?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lorane work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reading (10%, 5 mi), Exeter Township (8%, 2 mi), West Reading (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lorane without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lorane, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lorane
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.