Work & commute · Colerain

Work & commute in Colerain, PA

Most working residents leave Colerain for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Lancaster (4%), East Drumore (3%) and Bart (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

160 of 1,295 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,135 Colerain residents head out of town to work, 160 work right here, and 343 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Colerain.

1,135live here, work elsewhere

160live and work here

343work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Colerain goes to work

Colerain (in town)right here

12%160

Lancaster17.9 mi away

4%49

East Drumore5.9 mi away

3%39

Bart4.4 mi away

3%38

Providence9.4 mi away

3%33

East Lampeter14.8 mi away

2%31

Quarryville5.8 mi away

2%28

Philadelphia50.6 mi away

2%25

East Hempfield23 mi away

2%23

East Nottingham8.4 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%846

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

How far

How far Colerain commutes

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

36%

33%

19%

13%

36%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Colerain is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Colerain are

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

Jobs based in Colerain

503 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Colerain residents hold

1,295 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+39%

Jobs based in Colerain, 2013 → 2023: 363 → 503. 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.