Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Spinnerstown works elsewhere
The trip to work takes 32 minutes on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 140 jobs are based in Spinnerstown, against 903 working residents. Hardly any work in Spinnerstown itself; outside it, Philadelphia draws the most (7%, 34 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Spinnerstown
Spinnerstown is a place people come home to
There are 140 jobs based in Spinnerstown, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Spinnerstown has about 1,000 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Spinnerstown workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. 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; with 903 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Spinnerstown by day and by night
On a workday 897 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 134 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Spinnerstown on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
From Spinnerstown, about 32 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spinnerstown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 824 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.
Commuting out of Spinnerstown: the destinations
Where Spinnerstown clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Spinnerstown
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spinnerstown, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 140. 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 Spinnerstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Spinnerstown, 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.
How Spinnerstown compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Spinnerstown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spinnerstown | – | — | — | 32 min | $143,375 |
| Milford Square | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Milford Square: 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 Spinnerstown’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 Spinnerstown: questions
What is the median household income in Spinnerstown?
$143,375 (±$28,430) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spinnerstown?
0.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spinnerstown?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spinnerstown work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (7%, 34 mi), Milford Township (6%, 2 mi), Richland Township (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Spinnerstown without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spinnerstown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spinnerstown
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.