Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0Shillington has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 4% stay in Shillington for work; outside it, Reading is the main destination (13%, 3 miles). 1,231 jobs are based in Shillington, and 2,706 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Shillington are B− for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Shillington
Jobs & income in Shillington: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Shillington is better than 46% of U.S. towns, #726 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Shillington’s grade up (ahead of 85% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (16.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Shillington could be anywhere from C to B+.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Shillington
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shillington, 2013 → 2023: 8,511 → 1,231. 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 Shillington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Shillington by day and by night
On a workday 2,604 residents head out to work, 102 work right here, and 1,129 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,100 people are in Shillington on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 the trip to work from Shillington ends
Where Shillington clocks in
13% of workers
6% 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 Shillington: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shillington workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,367 commuters (the 17% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Shillington
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.
Most of Shillington commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Shillington is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns, #499 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,848 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.3% of Shillington households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Shillington’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,502 U.S. towns of 3,900 to 7,500, Shillington comes 2,042nd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 25 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,040 | Roosevelt Park MI | 4,121 | $63K | 12.1% | 4.3% | 5% | B− |
| 2,041 | Abilene KS | 6,552 | $58K | 6.8% | 3.2% | 37% | B− |
| 2,042 | Shillington PA | 5,542 | $80K | 16.7% | 6.1% | 4% | B− |
| 2,043 | Henrietta Township MI | 4,729 | $81K | 6.3% | 10.8% | 3% | B− |
| 2,044 | Stowe VT | 5,325 | $94K | 9.9% | 4.6% | 49% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,502 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Shillington, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Shillington and its neighbors: 12% work next door
The biggest share goes to Cumru Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Shillington workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shillington | – | B− | B | 22 min | $79,922 |
| Cumru Township | 6% | A | B− | 23 min | $90,797 |
| Pennwyn | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Wyomissing | 6% | A | B+ | 20 min | $93,203 |
Same-state neighbors only. Pennwyn: 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 Shillington’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 Shillington: questions
What is the median household income in Shillington?
$79,922 (±$4,274) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shillington?
16.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shillington?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shillington work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reading (13%, 3 mi), Spring Township (6%, 3 mi), Cumru Township (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Shillington walkable?
Shillington is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 10.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Shillington without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Shillington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shillington
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.