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 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of New Jerusalem works elsewhere
Hardly any work in New Jerusalem itself; outside it, Maxatawny Township draws the most (9%, 6 miles). New Jerusalem has 47 jobs for 307 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 24% of workers; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
New Jerusalem and work: the main findings
New Jerusalem is a place people come home to
There are 47 jobs based in New Jerusalem, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday New Jerusalem has about 390 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
New Jerusalem workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Home offices are common in New Jerusalem
24% of New Jerusalem workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
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 307 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who commutes out of New Jerusalem, and who commutes in
On a workday 305 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in New Jerusalem 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.
About 40 minutes each way for New Jerusalem’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Jerusalem workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 261 commuters (the 24% 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.
Commuting out of New Jerusalem: the destinations
Where New Jerusalem clocks in
9% of workers
5% 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.
New Jerusalem works in goods: 32% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Jerusalem, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 47. 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 New Jerusalem’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far New Jerusalem’s workers travel
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.
How New Jerusalem compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Jerusalem workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Jerusalem | – | — | — | 40 min | $102,214 |
| Dryville | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Dryville: 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 New Jerusalem’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 New Jerusalem: questions
What is the median household income in New Jerusalem?
$102,214 (±$20,715) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Jerusalem?
1.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Jerusalem?
40 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Jerusalem work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Maxatawny Township (9%, 6 mi), Reading (5%, 11 mi), Allentown (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around New Jerusalem 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 New Jerusalem, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Jerusalem
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.