Work & commute · Cumberland

Work & commute in Cumberland, PA

Most working residents leave Cumberland for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Gettysburg (14%), Straban (6%) and Hanover (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

225 of 3,058 working residents

Typical commute

17 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 2,833 Cumberland residents head out of town to work, 225 work right here, and 2,031 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cumberland.

2,833live here, work elsewhere

225live and work here

2,031work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cumberland goes to work

Gettysburg2 mi away

14%437

Cumberland (in town)right here

7%225

Straban6.9 mi away

6%181

Hanover14.3 mi away

3%79

Frederick, MD26.7 mi away

2%76

Penn15.3 mi away

2%49

Chambersburg23.1 mi away

1%42

Philadelphia113.2 mi away

1%34

Mount Joy4.6 mi away

1%33

Menallen12.4 mi away

1%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%1,869

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

How far

How far Cumberland commutes

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

37%

21%

37%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cumberland is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cumberland are

2,256 jobs are based in Cumberland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cumberland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cumberland

2,256 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Cumberland residents hold

3,058 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+7%

Jobs based in Cumberland, 2013 → 2023: 2,102 → 2,256. 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.