Work & commute · Dillsburg

Work & commute in Dillsburg, PA

Most working residents leave Dillsburg for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Harrisburg (8%), Hampden (6%) and Lower Allen (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34 of 1,280 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,246 Dillsburg residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 758 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dillsburg.

1,246live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

758work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dillsburg goes to work

Harrisburg13.8 mi away

8%97

Hampden10.6 mi away

6%74

Lower Allen8.7 mi away

5%69

Upper Allen5.4 mi away

4%53

Carroll0.6 mi away

4%53

Silver Spring9.7 mi away

4%45

Lower Paxton18.7 mi away

4%45

East Pennsboro13 mi away

3%37

Swatara15.2 mi away

3%35

Dillsburg (in town)right here

3%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%738

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

How far

How far Dillsburg commutes

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

31%

47%

15%

31%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dillsburg is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dillsburg are

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

Jobs based in Dillsburg

792 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Dillsburg residents hold

1,280 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+23%

Jobs based in Dillsburg, 2013 → 2023: 646 → 792. 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.