Work & commute · East Drumore

Work & commute in East Drumore, PA

Most working residents leave East Drumore for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Lancaster (7%), Quarryville (4%) and West Lampeter (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

177 of 1,479 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 1,302 East Drumore residents head out of town to work, 177 work right here, and 1,385 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Drumore.

1,302live here, work elsewhere

177live and work here

1,385work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Drumore goes to work

East Drumore (in town)right here

12%177

Lancaster14.8 mi away

7%101

Quarryville3.3 mi away

4%61

West Lampeter10.8 mi away

4%57

East Lampeter13.2 mi away

4%53

Manheim17.9 mi away

3%48

Providence5.1 mi away

3%47

East Hempfield19.5 mi away

2%34

Colerain5.9 mi away

2%28

Upper Leacock16.1 mi away

2%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%849

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

How far

How far East Drumore commutes

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

33%

39%

17%

11%

33%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Drumore is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in East Drumore are

1,562 jobs are based in East Drumore. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Drumore’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Drumore

1,562 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs East Drumore residents hold

1,479 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+7%

Jobs based in East Drumore, 2013 → 2023: 1,455 → 1,562. 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.