Work & commute · Carlisle

Work & commute in Carlisle, PA

About one in 5 of Carlisle’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are South Middleton (8%), Harrisburg (4%) and Middlesex (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

1,785 of 8,267 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,482 Carlisle residents head out of town to work, 1,785 work right here, and 12,682 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carlisle.

6,482live here, work elsewhere

1,785live and work here

12,682work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carlisle goes to work

Carlisle (in town)right here

22%1,785

South Middleton4.9 mi away

8%694

Harrisburg17.6 mi away

4%364

Middlesex5.3 mi away

4%299

Hampden12.5 mi away

3%247

Silver Spring8.5 mi away

3%243

North Middleton3.2 mi away

2%186

Lower Paxton22.7 mi away

2%172

Philadelphia110.2 mi away

2%169

Lower Allen14.6 mi away

2%154

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%3,954

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

How far

How far Carlisle commutes

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

41%

25%

13%

21%

41%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carlisle is a job hub

1.75jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carlisle are

14,467 jobs are based in Carlisle. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Carlisle’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Carlisle

14,467 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Carlisle residents hold

8,267 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+5%

Jobs based in Carlisle, 2013 → 2023: 13,755 → 14,467. 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.