Work & commute · Dallastown

Work & commute in Dallastown, PA

Most working residents leave Dallastown for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are York (10%), York (9%) and Springettsbury (8%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37 of 2,111 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,074 Dallastown residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 507 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dallastown.

2,074live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

507work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dallastown goes to work

York2.1 mi away

10%203

York6.6 mi away

9%197

Springettsbury6.4 mi away

8%161

West Manchester8.6 mi away

5%113

Manchester10.1 mi away

4%82

Baltimore, MD41.5 mi away

4%75

Spring Garden5.3 mi away

3%67

Dallastown (in town)right here

2%37

Windsor3.4 mi away

2%35

East Hempfield18.6 mi away

2%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%1,108

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

How far

How far Dallastown commutes

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

49%

19%

17%

15%

49%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dallastown is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dallastown are

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

Jobs based in Dallastown

544 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Dallastown residents hold

2,111 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−15%

Jobs based in Dallastown, 2013 → 2023: 638 → 544. 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.