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 4.0Jobs and earnings in Reiffton, and the trip to work
Only 3% stay in Reiffton for work; outside it, Reading is the main destination (10%, 4 miles). Commuters spend 26 minutes getting to work on average, next to 26 for Pennsylvania and 26 for the U.S. 2,434 jobs are based in Reiffton, against 2,146 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Reiffton, in a few figures
Reiffton trades workers with the towns around it
Reiffton has about as many jobs (2,434) as working residents (2,146), but they are mostly different people: 2,078 residents leave for work each day while 2,366 people come in. Only 3% of the jobs in Reiffton are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Reiffton
67% of Reiffton residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 47% of the jobs based in Reiffton pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How a workday changes Reiffton
On a workday 2,078 residents head out to work, 68 work right here, and 2,366 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 (1.13 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.
The kinds of work in Reiffton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Reiffton, 2014 → 2024: 2,484 → 2,434. 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 Reiffton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Reiffton goes to work
Where Reiffton clocks in
10% 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.
Time on the road from Reiffton: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Reiffton workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,000 commuters (the 15% 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.
Reiffton’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Work in the towns next to Reiffton
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Reiffton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reiffton | – | — | — | 26 min | $128,750 |
| Jacksonwald | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| St. Lawrence | under 2% | B+ | B | 27 min | $85,625 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jacksonwald: 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 Reiffton’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 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 Reiffton: questions
What is the median household income in Reiffton?
$128,750 (±$17,703) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Reiffton?
3.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Reiffton?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Reiffton work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reading (10%, 4 mi), Exeter Township (7%, 1 mi), West Reading (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Reiffton without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Reiffton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Reiffton
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.