Work & commute · Armagh

Work & commute in Armagh, PA

Most working residents leave Armagh for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Derry (7%), Lewistown (7%) and Brown (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

210 of 1,701 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 1,491 Armagh residents head out of town to work, 210 work right here, and 1,241 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Armagh.

1,491live here, work elsewhere

210live and work here

1,241work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Armagh goes to work

Armagh (in town)right here

12%210

Derry9.3 mi away

7%118

Lewistown12.2 mi away

7%113

Brown10.7 mi away

6%99

Granville14.4 mi away

5%90

College17.8 mi away

5%79

Burnham9.7 mi away

4%73

Union15.5 mi away

3%55

State College19.6 mi away

2%38

Ferguson24 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%792

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

How far

How far Armagh commutes

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

38%

29%

11%

22%

38%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Armagh is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Armagh are

1,451 jobs are based in Armagh. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Armagh’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Armagh

1,451 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)72%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Armagh residents hold

1,701 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+46%

Jobs based in Armagh, 2013 → 2023: 991 → 1,451. 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.