Rheems has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Rheems has 410 jobs, against 1,224 working residents. Hardly any work in Rheems; the top destination outside it is Derry Township (9%, 11 miles). Working from home is the commute for 9% of workers, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Rheems apart
Who leaves Rheems for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,215 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 401 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Rheems on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Where Rheems goes to work
Where Rheems clocks in
9% 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.
Jobs in Rheems: what the 410 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rheems, 2013 → 2023: 195 → 410. 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 Rheems’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Rheems: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rheems workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,006 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.
How far it is to work from Rheems
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 Rheems compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rheems workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rheems | – | — | — | 23 min | $96,667 |
| East Donegal Township | under 3% | A− | C | 24 min | $109,158 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rheems’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 Rheems: questions
What is the median household income in Rheems?
$96,667 (±$35,980) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rheems?
0.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rheems?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rheems work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Derry Township (9%, 11 mi), West Donegal Township (8%, 3 mi), Elizabethtown (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rheems 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 Rheems, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rheems
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.