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 4.0Pennside has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
There are 277 jobs in Pennside; 2,691 of its residents have a job. Only 1% work in Pennside; the top destination outside it is Reading (12%, 3 miles). At home: 9% of workers have no commute at all (Pennsylvania 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Pennside
Pennside is a place people come home to
There are 277 jobs based in Pennside, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pennside has about 3,000 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Pennside’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 28 minutes, longer than the Pennsylvania average of 26. 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.
Pennside by day and by night
On a workday 2,657 residents head out to work, 34 work right here, and 243 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,000 people are in Pennside on a workday afternoon, 45% 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.
How long Pennside spends getting to work: 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 Pennside workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,692 commuters (the 9% 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.
Where Pennside goes to work
Where Pennside clocks in
12% 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.
What Pennside’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pennside, 2013 → 2023: 209 → 277. 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 Pennside’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Pennside, by distance
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.
Pennside and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Exeter Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pennside workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennside | – | — | — | 28 min | $77,192 |
| Mount Penn | under 3% | B+ | A | 21 min | $63,512 |
| Stony Creek Mills | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Exeter Township | 6% | B+ | C+ | 25 min | $100,083 |
| St. Lawrence | 2% | B+ | B | 27 min | $85,625 |
Same-state neighbors only. Stony Creek Mills: 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 Pennside’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 Pennside: questions
What is the median household income in Pennside?
$77,192 (±$14,470) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pennside?
6.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pennside?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pennside work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reading (12%, 3 mi), Exeter Township (6%, 3 mi), Wyomissing (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pennside without a car?
0% 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 Pennside, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pennside
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.