Work & commute · Conewago

Work & commute in Conewago, PA

Most working residents leave Conewago for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Derry (21%), Harrisburg (5%) and West Donegal (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

64 of 1,348 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,284 Conewago residents head out of town to work, 64 work right here, and 515 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Conewago.

1,284live here, work elsewhere

64live and work here

515work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Conewago goes to work

Derry4.1 mi away

21%279

Harrisburg14.8 mi away

5%67

Conewago (in town)right here

5%64

West Donegal5.8 mi away

4%55

Lower Swatara7.5 mi away

4%48

Swatara10.2 mi away

3%45

Lower Paxton12.1 mi away

3%43

Hummelstown6.2 mi away

2%28

East Pennsboro17.6 mi away

2%27

Elizabethtown4.4 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%669

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

How far

How far Conewago commutes

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

48%

33%

15%

48%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Conewago is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Conewago are

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

Jobs based in Conewago

579 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Conewago residents hold

1,348 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+18%

Jobs based in Conewago, 2013 → 2023: 491 → 579. 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.