Work & commute · Adamstown

Work & commute in Adamstown, PA

Most working residents leave Adamstown for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are East Cocalico (12%), Ephrata (4%) and Denver (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 937 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 924 Adamstown residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 649 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Adamstown.

924live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

649work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Adamstown goes to work

East Cocalico2.6 mi away

12%112

Ephrata7.5 mi away

4%41

Denver4.1 mi away

4%36

Lancaster18.7 mi away

4%36

Manheim16.2 mi away

4%35

Reading9.8 mi away

3%30

Ephrata6.7 mi away

2%23

East Earl8.3 mi away

2%21

Spring4.6 mi away

2%19

West Cocalico5.4 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%565

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

How far

How far Adamstown commutes

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

45%

35%

13%

45%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Adamstown is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.71 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Adamstown are

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

Jobs based in Adamstown

662 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Adamstown residents hold

937 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−22%

Jobs based in Adamstown, 2013 → 2023: 853 → 662. 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.