Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 3.0Stouchsburg has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Stouchsburg; the top destination outside it is Reading (6%, 16 miles). 81 jobs are based in Stouchsburg for 232 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Stouchsburg
Each way, about 21 minutes from Stouchsburg
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stouchsburg workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 243 commuters (the 7% 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 a workday changes Stouchsburg
On a workday 231 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Stouchsburg on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Out of Stouchsburg to work: where people go
Where Stouchsburg clocks in
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.
Jobs in Stouchsburg: what the 81 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stouchsburg, 2013 → 2023: 88 → 81. 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 Stouchsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Stouchsburg
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.
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 Stouchsburg: questions
What is the median household income in Stouchsburg?
$81,750 (±$38,327) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stouchsburg?
1.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stouchsburg?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stouchsburg work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reading (6%, 16 mi), Bethel Township (5%, 8 mi), Spring Township (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Stouchsburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stouchsburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stouchsburg
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.