Work & commute · Dickinson

Work & commute in Dickinson, PA

Most working residents leave Dickinson for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Carlisle (12%), South Middleton (10%) and Middlesex (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

62 of 2,309 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,247 Dickinson residents head out of town to work, 62 work right here, and 845 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dickinson.

2,247live here, work elsewhere

62live and work here

845work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dickinson goes to work

Carlisle8.2 mi away

12%284

South Middleton6 mi away

10%231

Middlesex13.2 mi away

4%85

Harrisburg23.7 mi away

4%84

Silver Spring15.5 mi away

3%72

Hampden19 mi away

3%70

Dickinson (in town)right here

3%62

North Middleton11 mi away

3%61

Mount Holly Springs4.4 mi away

2%47

East Pennsboro21.9 mi away

2%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%1,272

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

How far

How far Dickinson commutes

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

32%

35%

14%

18%

32%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dickinson is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dickinson are

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

Jobs based in Dickinson

907 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Dickinson residents hold

2,309 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+53%

Jobs based in Dickinson, 2013 → 2023: 594 → 907. 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.