Work & commute · Elizabethtown

Work & commute in Elizabethtown, PA

Most working residents leave Elizabethtown for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are West Donegal (9%), Derry (8%) and Lancaster (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

370 of 5,330 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,960 Elizabethtown residents head out of town to work, 370 work right here, and 2,435 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elizabethtown.

4,960live here, work elsewhere

370live and work here

2,435work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elizabethtown goes to work

West Donegal1.9 mi away

9%484

Derry8.4 mi away

8%430

Elizabethtown (in town)right here

7%370

Lancaster17.5 mi away

4%229

East Hempfield12.3 mi away

4%213

Manheim16.5 mi away

4%211

Mount Joy2.8 mi away

4%209

Harrisburg17.3 mi away

3%162

Lower Swatara9.6 mi away

3%138

Philadelphia78.1 mi away

2%100

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%2,784

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

How far

How far Elizabethtown commutes

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

38%

43%

14%

38%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elizabethtown is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elizabethtown are

2,805 jobs are based in Elizabethtown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elizabethtown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Elizabethtown

2,805 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Elizabethtown residents hold

5,330 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−1%

Jobs based in Elizabethtown, 2013 → 2023: 2,820 → 2,805. 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.