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Hardly any stay in New Schaefferstown for work; outside it, Reading is the main destination (4%, 15 miles). At home: 4% of workers have no commute at all (Pennsylvania 16%). Commuters spend 18 minutes getting to work on average, where Pennsylvania has 26 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through New Schaefferstown
On a workday 91 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 133 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in New Schaefferstown on a workday afternoon, 22% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where New Schaefferstown goes to work
Where New Schaefferstown clocks in
4% of workers
4% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
133 jobs are based in New Schaefferstown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Schaefferstown, 2014 → 2024: 125 → 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Schaefferstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from New Schaefferstown takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Schaefferstown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 106 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.
How far New Schaefferstown goes to work
About 17% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
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 2024, 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 Schaefferstown: questions
What is the median household income in New Schaefferstown?
$69,500 (±$21,990) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Schaefferstown?
0.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Schaefferstown?
18 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Schaefferstown work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reading (4%, 15 mi), Tulpehocken Township (4%, 4 mi), Jackson Township (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around New Schaefferstown 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 Schaefferstown, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Schaefferstown
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.