Work & commute · Ephrata

Work & commute in Ephrata, PA

Most working residents leave Ephrata for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are East Cocalico (7%), Manheim (6%) and Lancaster (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

643 of 7,012 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 6,369 Ephrata residents head out of town to work, 643 work right here, and 4,837 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ephrata.

6,369live here, work elsewhere

643live and work here

4,837work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ephrata goes to work

Ephrata (in town)right here

9%643

East Cocalico4.9 mi away

7%476

Manheim8.8 mi away

6%389

Lancaster11.5 mi away

5%363

Ephrata2.7 mi away

5%343

Upper Leacock6.9 mi away

3%235

East Hempfield12.7 mi away

3%224

East Lampeter10 mi away

3%212

Earl6.5 mi away

3%181

Warwick5.6 mi away

2%163

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%3,783

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

How far

How far Ephrata commutes

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

48%

30%

13%

48%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ephrata is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ephrata are

5,480 jobs are based in Ephrata. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ephrata’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ephrata

5,480 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Ephrata residents hold

7,012 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+9%

Jobs based in Ephrata, 2013 → 2023: 5,047 → 5,480. 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.