Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0Wyomissing has 2.7 jobs for every working resident: 12,624 people commute in to work
About one in ten work in Wyomissing itself; outside it, Reading draws the most (12%, 2 miles). Wyomissing has 13,087 jobs; 4,786 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Wyomissing are A 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
Work in Wyomissing, in a few figures
Wyomissing is where the jobs are
Wyomissing has 13,087 jobs, 2.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 20,000 people are in town, 74% more than the 11,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Wyomissing works one town over
31% of working residents work in a town that borders Wyomissing: Reading (12%), Spring Township (7%) and West Reading (7%). Next door ↓
Wyomissing draws workers from far and wide
The 13,087 jobs in Wyomissing are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 34%; the other 62% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Wyomissing are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 46 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Why Wyomissing gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wyomissing is better than 88% of U.S. towns, #195 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 86% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (7.3%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wyomissing could be anywhere from B to A+.
The daily commute in and out of Wyomissing
On a workday 4,323 residents head out to work and 463 work right here.
About 20,000 people are in Wyomissing on a workday afternoon, 74% more 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 in to Wyomissing: where workers come from
Where Wyomissing clocks in
12% of workers
7% 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.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wyomissing workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,668 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.
What Wyomissing’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wyomissing, 2013 → 2023: 14,237 → 13,087. 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 Wyomissing’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Wyomissing’s commute, mile by mile
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 trips from Wyomissing start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wyomissing is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns, #404 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.7% 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 5,414 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). 7.4% of Wyomissing households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Wyomissing’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Wyomissing ranks: 486th of 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 24 | Lower Moreland Township PA | 14,116 | $154K | 2.6% | 2.0% | 6% | A+ |
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| 41 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Skippack Township PA | 14,502 | $148K | 2.5% | 2.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 484 | Lake Barcroft VA | 10,973 | $141K | 5.6% | 5.0% | 2% | A |
| 485 | Severance CO | 11,841 | $125K | 5.2% | 2.3% | 2% | A |
| 486 | Wyomissing PA | 11,285 | $93K | 7.3% | 2.1% | 10% | A |
| 487 | Kennedale TX | 10,626 | $119K | 11.3% | 2.4% | 4% | A |
| 488 | Lake Arbor MD | 14,335 | $121K | 4.5% | 5.1% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Wyomissing, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Bordering towns draw 31% of Wyomissing’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wyomissing workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyomissing | – | A | B+ | 20 min | $93,203 |
| Spring Township | 7% | A | A− | 24 min | $94,837 |
| Reading | 12% | C− | A | 24 min | $44,091 |
| West Wyomissing | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Cumru Township | 3% | A | B− | 23 min | $90,797 |
| West Reading | 7% | B− | A | 22 min | $65,885 |
| Lincoln Park | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Greenfields | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Bern Township | 2% | A+ | C+ | 24 min | $117,897 |
| Colony Park | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Whitfield | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. West Wyomissing, Lincoln Park, Greenfields, Colony Park and Whitfield: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Reading. Darker towns draw more of Wyomissing’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 Wyomissing: questions
What is the median household income in Wyomissing?
$93,203 (±$25,470) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wyomissing?
7.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wyomissing?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wyomissing work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reading (12%, 2 mi), Spring Township (7%, 4 mi), West Reading (7%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wyomissing walkable?
Wyomissing is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wyomissing without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wyomissing, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wyomissing
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.