Work & commute · East Earl

Work & commute in East Earl, PA

Most working residents leave East Earl for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Earl (7%), New Holland (6%) and Lancaster (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

440 of 2,870 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 2,430 East Earl residents head out of town to work, 440 work right here, and 3,540 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Earl.

2,430live here, work elsewhere

440live and work here

3,540work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Earl goes to work

East Earl (in town)right here

15%440

Earl3.7 mi away

7%206

New Holland3.5 mi away

6%180

Lancaster15.4 mi away

3%90

Manheim14.3 mi away

3%87

Brecknock5.2 mi away

3%84

Upper Leacock8.6 mi away

3%84

Ephrata8.7 mi away

2%62

Leacock7.3 mi away

2%60

East Cocalico7.8 mi away

2%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,522

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

How far

How far East Earl commutes

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

51%

27%

14%

51%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Earl is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in East Earl are

3,980 jobs are based in East Earl. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Earl’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Earl

3,980 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs East Earl residents hold

2,870 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+14%

Jobs based in East Earl, 2013 → 2023: 3,488 → 3,980. 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.