Work & commute · Derry

Work & commute in Derry, PA

Most working residents leave Derry for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Lewistown (11%), Granville (7%) and Burnham (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

434 of 3,301 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 2,867 Derry residents head out of town to work, 434 work right here, and 2,612 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Derry.

2,867live here, work elsewhere

434live and work here

2,612work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Derry goes to work

Derry (in town)right here

13%434

Lewistown3.1 mi away

11%370

Granville5.6 mi away

7%231

Burnham1.5 mi away

6%199

Armagh9.3 mi away

5%174

College19.4 mi away

4%124

Brown6.6 mi away

2%75

Ferguson22.7 mi away

2%69

State College20.1 mi away

2%63

Union9.6 mi away

1%46

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,516

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.

49%

17%

15%

20%

49%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Derry 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 Derry are

3,046 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

3,046 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Derry residents hold

3,301 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−4%

Jobs based in Derry, 2013 → 2023: 3,170 → 3,046. 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.