Work & commute · Chambersburg

Work & commute in Chambersburg, PA

About one in 4 of Chambersburg’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Guilford (9%), Greene (4%) and Antrim (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

2,351 of 8,784 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 6,433 Chambersburg residents head out of town to work, 2,351 work right here, and 13,747 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chambersburg.

6,433live here, work elsewhere

2,351live and work here

13,747work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chambersburg goes to work

Chambersburg (in town)right here

27%2,351

Guilford4.3 mi away

9%818

Greene5 mi away

4%344

Antrim7.3 mi away

4%339

Southampton8.7 mi away

3%220

Carlisle30.2 mi away

2%153

Greencastle10.4 mi away

2%144

Hagerstown, MD20.6 mi away

1%115

Hamilton4.2 mi away

1%111

Philadelphia133.7 mi away

1%105

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%4,084

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

How far

How far Chambersburg commutes

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

47%

16%

13%

25%

47%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chambersburg is a job hub

1.83jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chambersburg are

16,098 jobs are based in Chambersburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chambersburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chambersburg

16,098 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Chambersburg residents hold

8,784 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+6%

Jobs based in Chambersburg, 2013 → 2023: 15,187 → 16,098. 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.