Work & commute · East Lampeter

Work & commute in East Lampeter, PA

Most working residents leave East Lampeter for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Lancaster (13%), Manheim (8%) and Upper Leacock (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

994 of 8,005 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 7,011 East Lampeter residents head out of town to work, 994 work right here, and 14,783 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Lampeter.

7,011live here, work elsewhere

994live and work here

14,783work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Lampeter goes to work

Lancaster4.6 mi away

13%1,011

East Lampeter (in town)right here

12%994

Manheim5.7 mi away

8%647

Upper Leacock3.4 mi away

5%415

East Hempfield9.5 mi away

5%409

Leacock5.1 mi away

3%230

West Lampeter3.8 mi away

2%151

Salisbury11.5 mi away

2%143

Earl7.8 mi away

2%134

New Holland7.9 mi away

2%127

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%3,744

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

How far

How far East Lampeter commutes

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

60%

15%

14%

11%

60%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Lampeter is a job hub

1.97jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in East Lampeter are

15,777 jobs are based in East Lampeter. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Lampeter’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Lampeter

15,777 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs East Lampeter residents hold

8,005 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−5%

Jobs based in East Lampeter, 2013 → 2023: 16,678 → 15,777. 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.