Work & commute · Berwick

Work & commute in Berwick, PA

Most working residents leave Berwick for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Hanover (13%), Penn (9%) and West Manchester (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41 of 1,178 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,137 Berwick residents head out of town to work, 41 work right here, and 695 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Berwick.

1,137live here, work elsewhere

41live and work here

695work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Berwick goes to work

Hanover3.3 mi away

13%155

Penn4.5 mi away

9%105

West Manchester12.7 mi away

4%44

Abbottstown1.8 mi away

3%41

Berwick (in town)right here

3%41

Oxford2.3 mi away

3%39

New Oxford2.8 mi away

2%28

Conewago4.2 mi away

2%28

York16.2 mi away

2%26

Gettysburg12.4 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%651

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

How far

How far Berwick commutes

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

48%

21%

15%

16%

48%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Berwick is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Berwick are

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

Jobs based in Berwick

736 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Berwick residents hold

1,178 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+51%

Jobs based in Berwick, 2013 → 2023: 487 → 736. 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.