Work & commute · Carroll Valley

Work & commute in Carroll Valley, PA

Most working residents leave Carroll Valley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Gettysburg (7%), Frederick (5%) and Cumberland (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 1,698 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,674 Carroll Valley residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 324 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carroll Valley.

1,674live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

324work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carroll Valley goes to work

Gettysburg9.8 mi away

7%114

Frederick, MD21.6 mi away

5%88

Cumberland8.1 mi away

4%60

Hamiltonban4.2 mi away

3%46

Emmitsburg, MD4.7 mi away

2%42

Washington9.1 mi away

2%42

Straban14.6 mi away

2%39

Thurmont, MD9.1 mi away

2%34

Chambersburg19 mi away

2%34

Waynesboro10.4 mi away

2%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

69%1,166

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

How far

How far Carroll Valley commutes

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

24%

37%

17%

22%

24%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carroll Valley is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carroll Valley are

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

Jobs based in Carroll Valley

348 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Carroll Valley residents hold

1,698 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−50%

Jobs based in Carroll Valley, 2013 → 2023: 703 → 348. 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.