Work & commute · Franklintown

Work & commute in Franklintown, PA

Most working residents leave Franklintown for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Harrisburg (8%), Carlisle (5%) and Upper Allen (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 265 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 262 Franklintown residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 179 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Franklintown.

262live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

179work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Franklintown goes to work

Harrisburg15.8 mi away

8%22

Carlisle12.6 mi away

5%14

Upper Allen7.6 mi away

5%13

Lower Allen10.7 mi away

5%13

Silver Spring12.1 mi away

4%10

Hampden13 mi away

3%9

Susquehanna18.6 mi away

3%8

Franklin2.1 mi away

3%7

Manchester15 mi away

3%7

East Pennsboro15.2 mi away

3%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%155

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

How far

How far Franklintown commutes

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

19%

59%

17%

19%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Franklintown is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Franklintown are

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

Jobs based in Franklintown

182 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Franklintown residents hold

265 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+90%

Jobs based in Franklintown, 2013 → 2023: 96 → 182. 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.