Work & commute · Ayr

Work & commute in Ayr, PA

About one in 5 of Ayr’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Todd (8%), McConnellsburg (6%) and Chambersburg (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

184 of 854 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 670 Ayr residents head out of town to work, 184 work right here, and 2,380 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ayr.

670live here, work elsewhere

184live and work here

2,380work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ayr goes to work

Ayr (in town)right here

22%184

Todd8.3 mi away

8%66

McConnellsburg4.8 mi away

6%55

Chambersburg20.5 mi away

5%45

Guilford23 mi away

3%28

Antrim18.9 mi away

3%27

Greene25.5 mi away

3%25

Peters7.7 mi away

2%16

Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, MD21 mi away

2%15

Pittsburgh109.8 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%381

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

How far

How far Ayr commutes

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

40%

25%

10%

24%

40%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ayr is a job hub

3.00jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ayr are

2,564 jobs are based in Ayr. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ayr’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ayr

2,564 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)89%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month84%

Jobs Ayr residents hold

854 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+7%

Jobs based in Ayr, 2013 → 2023: 2,401 → 2,564. 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.