Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Making a living in Swartzville
The average commute takes 19 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. Only 4% work in Swartzville itself; outside it, East Cocalico Township draws the most (11%, 1 miles). Swartzville has 1,535 jobs, and 1,040 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Swartzville: the gist
Swartzville makes and builds things
68% of the jobs based in Swartzville are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Swartzville residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Swartzville are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Swartzville makes things: 68% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Swartzville, 2014 → 2024: 1,334 → 1,535. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Swartzville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 19 minutes to work from Swartzville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Swartzville workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 874 commuters (the 14% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Swartzville
On a workday 998 residents head out to work, 42 work right here, and 1,493 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Swartzville on a workday afternoon, 28% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Swartzville: the destinations
Where Swartzville clocks in
11% of workers
4% 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.
How far it is to work from Swartzville
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Swartzville and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Swartzville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swartzville | – | — | — | 19 min | $97,353 |
| Brecknock Township | under 3% | A+ | B− | 23 min | $99,238 |
| Adamstown | under 3% | A+ | B+ | 21 min | $117,554 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Swartzville’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 2024, 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 Swartzville: questions
What is the median household income in Swartzville?
$97,353 (±$18,534) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Swartzville?
1.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Swartzville?
19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Swartzville work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are East Cocalico Township (11%, 1 mi), Manheim Township (4%, 15 mi), Ephrata (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Swartzville without a car?
0% 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 Swartzville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Swartzville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.