Work & commute · Conestoga

Work & commute in Conestoga, PA

Most working residents leave Conestoga for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Lancaster (13%), East Hempfield (6%) and West Lampeter (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

85 of 1,797 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,712 Conestoga residents head out of town to work, 85 work right here, and 296 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Conestoga.

1,712live here, work elsewhere

85live and work here

296work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Conestoga goes to work

Lancaster8.1 mi away

13%226

East Hempfield10.3 mi away

6%116

West Lampeter6.9 mi away

6%110

Manheim11.3 mi away

6%109

East Lampeter10.6 mi away

5%89

Conestoga (in town)right here

5%85

Manor4.6 mi away

4%79

Lancaster6.3 mi away

2%38

Upper Leacock13.9 mi away

2%36

West Hempfield10.3 mi away

2%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%877

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

How far

How far Conestoga commutes

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

47%

29%

12%

47%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Conestoga is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Conestoga are

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

Jobs based in Conestoga

381 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Conestoga residents hold

1,797 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+32%

Jobs based in Conestoga, 2013 → 2023: 288 → 381. 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.