Work & commute · Cromwell

Work & commute in Cromwell, PA

Most working residents leave Cromwell for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Ayr (6%), Shirley (6%) and Orbisonia (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

66 of 532 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 466 Cromwell residents head out of town to work, 66 work right here, and 423 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cromwell.

466live here, work elsewhere

66live and work here

423work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cromwell goes to work

Cromwell (in town)right here

12%66

Ayr26.6 mi away

6%30

Shirley7.9 mi away

6%30

Orbisonia0.8 mi away

3%17

Huntingdon18.4 mi away

3%14

Chambersburg25.4 mi away

2%13

Smithfield17.4 mi away

2%12

Taylor13.7 mi away

2%9

Mount Union9.9 mi away

2%8

Southampton27.5 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%325

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

How far

How far Cromwell commutes

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

27%

25%

22%

26%

27%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cromwell is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cromwell are

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

Jobs based in Cromwell

489 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Cromwell residents hold

532 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+279%

Jobs based in Cromwell, 2013 → 2023: 129 → 489. 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.