Work & commute · Dover

Work & commute in Dover, PA

Most working residents leave Dover for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are York (9%), West Manchester (9%) and Manchester (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

614 of 10,933 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,319 Dover residents head out of town to work, 614 work right here, and 1,957 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dover.

10,319live here, work elsewhere

614live and work here

1,957work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dover goes to work

York7.8 mi away

9%1,003

West Manchester5.7 mi away

9%997

Manchester6.1 mi away

6%689

Dover (in town)right here

6%614

Springettsbury10.4 mi away

5%572

York12 mi away

4%420

Spring Garden8.9 mi away

3%314

Harrisburg19 mi away

2%239

Conewago5.9 mi away

2%235

Hanover14.4 mi away

2%222

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%5,628

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

How far

How far Dover commutes

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

49%

30%

13%

49%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dover is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dover are

2,571 jobs are based in Dover. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dover’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dover

2,571 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Dover residents hold

10,933 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−10%

Jobs based in Dover, 2013 → 2023: 2,853 → 2,571. 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.