Work & commute · Abbottstown

Work & commute in Abbottstown, PA

Most working residents leave Abbottstown for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Hanover (14%), Penn (7%) and New Oxford (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 479 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 459 Abbottstown residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 597 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Abbottstown.

459live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

597work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Abbottstown goes to work

Hanover4.9 mi away

14%68

Penn5.9 mi away

7%35

Abbottstown (in town)right here

4%20

New Oxford3.6 mi away

4%19

West Manchester11.5 mi away

4%17

Oxford3.6 mi away

3%15

Berwick1.8 mi away

3%15

Manchester15.5 mi away

2%11

Jackson6.6 mi away

2%10

York15 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%261

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Abbottstown commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

47%

23%

12%

17%

47%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Abbottstown is balanced between jobs and homes

1.29jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.29 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Abbottstown are

617 jobs are based in Abbottstown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Abbottstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Abbottstown

617 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Abbottstown residents hold

479 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+124%

Jobs based in Abbottstown, 2013 → 2023: 275 → 617. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.