Every workday, about 340 people come to Bird-in-Hand for work
Most working residents leave Bird-in-Hand for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are East Lampeter (14%), Manheim (10%) and Lancaster (8%). Half commute less than 9 miles.
What kind of work town is Bird-in-Hand?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Bird-in-Hand makes things: 71% of its jobs are in goods
340 jobs are based in Bird-in-Hand. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bird-in-Hand’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bird-in-Hand, 2013 → 2023: 356 → 340. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Bird-in-Hand fills up on a workday
On a workday 184 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 338 people come in from elsewhere.
About 690 people are in Bird-in-Hand on a workday afternoon, 29% more than live here.
1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Bird-in-Hand’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Bird-in-Hand clocks in
10% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Bird-in-Hand commutes less than 9 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Working from home in Bird-in-Hand
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
of Bird-in-Hand workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Bird-in-Hand and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of Bird-in-Hand’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of Bird-in-Hand
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bird-in-Hand, from the people who make the trip.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.