Riverview Park has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Hardly any work in Riverview Park itself; outside it, Reading draws the most (13%, 4 miles). 396 jobs are based in Riverview Park; 1,635 of its residents have a job. For 4% of workers, the job is at home, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Riverview Park apart on work
Riverview Park is a place people come home to
There are 396 jobs based in Riverview Park, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Riverview Park has about 2,400 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Riverview Park workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Who works in Riverview Park, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,630 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 391 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Riverview Park 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.
Riverview Park’s commute takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Riverview Park workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,832 commuters (the 4% 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 Riverview Park goes to work
Where Riverview Park clocks in
13% of workers
11% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Riverview Park
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Riverview Park, 2013 → 2023: 333 → 396. 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 Riverview Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Riverview Park
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.
Work in the towns next to Riverview Park
The biggest share goes to Bern Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Riverview Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverview Park | – | — | — | 22 min | $114,598 |
| Muhlenberg Park | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Bern Township | 3% | A+ | C+ | 24 min | $117,897 |
| Fox Chase | under 3% | — | — | 17 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Muhlenberg Park and Fox Chase: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Riverview Park’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 Riverview Park: questions
What is the median household income in Riverview Park?
$114,598 (±$20,473) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Riverview Park?
8.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Riverview Park?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Riverview Park work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reading (13%, 4 mi), Muhlenberg Township (11%, 1 mi), Wyomissing (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Riverview Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Riverview Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Riverview Park
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.