Work & commute · Germany

Work & commute in Germany, PA

Most working residents leave Germany for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Littlestown (6%), Westminster (5%) and Hanover (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

65 of 1,369 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 1,304 Germany residents head out of town to work, 65 work right here, and 289 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Germany.

1,304live here, work elsewhere

65live and work here

289work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Germany goes to work

Littlestown1.3 mi away

6%82

Westminster, MD11.9 mi away

5%68

Germany (in town)right here

5%65

Hanover8.4 mi away

4%61

Gettysburg9.6 mi away

4%50

Penn8.8 mi away

4%49

Taneytown, MD6.3 mi away

3%45

Frederick, MD26.1 mi away

2%34

Straban10.8 mi away

2%27

Cumberland9.2 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%866

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

How far

How far Germany commutes

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

36%

20%

24%

20%

36%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Germany is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Germany are

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

Jobs based in Germany

354 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Germany residents hold

1,369 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+55%

Jobs based in Germany, 2013 → 2023: 229 → 354. 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.