Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Mohnton works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole. Employers in Mohnton report 371 jobs; 1,537 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Mohnton B; getting around on foot earns it B.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Mohnton
Mohnton makes and builds things
59% of the jobs based in Mohnton are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Mohnton residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
Mohnton is a place people come home to
There are 371 jobs based in Mohnton, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mohnton has about 1,800 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Mohnton than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Mohnton fell from 552 in 2013 to 371 in 2023, −33%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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.
Mohnton’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mohnton is better than 57% of U.S. towns, #613 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Mohnton’s grade up (ahead of 82% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mohnton could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Mohnton works in goods: 59% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mohnton, 2013 → 2023: 552 → 371. 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 Mohnton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Mohnton quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,504 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 338 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Mohnton on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
10% of working residents work in Reading
Where Mohnton clocks in
10% of workers
5% 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.
How long Mohnton spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mohnton workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,346 commuters (the 6% 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 Mohnton 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.
Most trips from Mohnton start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mohnton is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns, #471 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,436 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 11.3% of Mohnton households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Mohnton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,618 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000, Mohnton comes 1,832nd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 19 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,830 | Bear Creek Township PA | 2,820 | $88K | 4.3% | 8.8% | 2% | B |
| 1,831 | Pine Lake WI | 2,733 | $84K | 8.4% | 1.3% | 2% | B |
| 1,832 | Mohnton PA | 2,939 | $81K | 9.6% | 5.8% | 2% | B |
| 1,833 | Hounsfield NY | 3,174 | $83K | 7.2% | 3.3% | 11% | B |
| 1,834 | Prairie Township OH | 3,104 | $68K | 13.5% | 0.0% | 9% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Mohnton, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Mohnton and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mohnton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohnton | – | B | B | 27 min | $80,745 |
| Pennwyn | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pennwyn: 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 Mohnton’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 Mohnton: questions
What is the median household income in Mohnton?
$80,745 (±$6,842) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mohnton?
9.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mohnton?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mohnton work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reading (10%, 5 mi), Wyomissing (5%, 3 mi), Cumru Township (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mohnton walkable?
Mohnton is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mohnton without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mohnton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mohnton
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.