Work & commute · Derry

Work & commute in Derry, PA

About one in 3 of Derry’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Harrisburg (6%), Lower Paxton (4%) and Swatara (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35%

3,582 of 10,281 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,699 Derry residents head out of town to work, 3,582 work right here, and 32,232 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Derry.

6,699live here, work elsewhere

3,582live and work here

32,232work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Derry goes to work

Derry (in town)right here

35%3,582

Harrisburg12.2 mi away

6%635

Lower Paxton8.6 mi away

4%383

Swatara8.1 mi away

3%283

Lower Swatara6.5 mi away

3%259

Susquehanna11.9 mi away

2%252

Philadelphia82.2 mi away

2%165

Hampden17.3 mi away

1%130

Lower Allen15 mi away

1%128

East Pennsboro15 mi away

1%127

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%4,337

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

How far

How far Derry commutes

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

53%

24%

17%

53%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Derry is a job hub

3.48jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Derry are

35,814 jobs are based in Derry. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Derry’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Derry

35,814 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Derry residents hold

10,281 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+57%

Jobs based in Derry, 2013 → 2023: 22,781 → 35,814. 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.