With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Wakefield works elsewhere
0% of workers have no commute at all, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%. Employers in Wakefield report 44 jobs; 223 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Wakefield for work; outside it, Fulton Township is the main destination (8%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wakefield and work: the main findings
Wakefield is a place people come home to
There are 44 jobs based in Wakefield, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Wakefield has about 390 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Wakefield workers work from home
Only 0% 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; with 223 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Wakefield
On a workday 223 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Wakefield on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Commuting from Wakefield: about 22 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wakefield workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 248 commuters (the 0% 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 Wakefield: the destinations
Where Wakefield 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.
Factories, building and farms: 48% of the jobs in Wakefield
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wakefield, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 44. 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 Wakefield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Wakefield
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 Wakefield: questions
What is the median household income in Wakefield?
$70,417 (±$16,198) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wakefield?
5.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wakefield?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wakefield work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fulton Township (8%, 1 mi), Lancaster (7%, 19 mi), East Drumore Township (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wakefield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wakefield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wakefield
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.