Work & commute · East Hanover

Work & commute in East Hanover, PA

Most working residents leave East Hanover for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Derry (15%), Harrisburg (7%) and Lower Paxton (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

192 of 2,738 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,546 East Hanover residents head out of town to work, 192 work right here, and 1,509 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Hanover.

2,546live here, work elsewhere

192live and work here

1,509work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Hanover goes to work

Derry8.6 mi away

15%406

Harrisburg13.3 mi away

7%202

East Hanover (in town)right here

7%192

Lower Paxton8.1 mi away

6%158

Susquehanna11.1 mi away

4%96

Swatara11.9 mi away

3%89

West Hanover3.9 mi away

3%73

Lower Swatara12.5 mi away

2%67

Hampden18.1 mi away

2%57

Hummelstown8.8 mi away

2%52

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,346

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

How far

How far East Hanover commutes

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

41%

34%

16%

41%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Hanover 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 East Hanover are

1,701 jobs are based in East Hanover. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Hanover’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Hanover

1,701 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs East Hanover residents hold

2,738 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−13%

Jobs based in East Hanover, 2013 → 2023: 1,951 → 1,701. 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.