Work & commute · Christiana

Work & commute in Christiana, PA

Most working residents leave Christiana for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sadsbury (9%), Salisbury (5%) and Leacock (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 437 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 431 Christiana residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 238 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Christiana.

431live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

238work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Christiana goes to work

Sadsbury1.5 mi away

9%41

Salisbury6.1 mi away

5%21

Leacock8.9 mi away

4%19

Lancaster17.2 mi away

4%16

West Sadsbury2.6 mi away

4%16

West Fallowfield4.4 mi away

3%13

Honey Brook11 mi away

2%10

Philadelphia45.9 mi away

2%9

Paradise6.1 mi away

2%9

Bart4.6 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%274

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

How far

How far Christiana commutes

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

38%

36%

16%

11%

38%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Christiana is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Christiana are

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

Jobs based in Christiana

244 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Christiana residents hold

437 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−21%

Jobs based in Christiana, 2013 → 2023: 309 → 244. 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.