Work & commute · Gratz

Work & commute in Gratz, PA

Most working residents leave Gratz for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (10%), Lykens (5%) and Harrisburg (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 250 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 227 Gratz residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 859 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gratz.

227live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

859work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gratz goes to work

Washington5.9 mi away

10%24

Gratz (in town)right here

9%23

Lykens1.3 mi away

5%13

Harrisburg24.6 mi away

4%11

Mifflin6.4 mi away

4%11

Hegins11.3 mi away

4%10

Upper Paxton11.3 mi away

4%9

Hubley5.6 mi away

3%8

Millersburg13.2 mi away

3%7

Lower Paxton20.6 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%128

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

How far

How far Gratz commutes

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

37%

26%

19%

18%

37%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gratz is a job hub

3.53jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gratz are

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

Jobs based in Gratz

882 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)91%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Gratz residents hold

250 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+70%

Jobs based in Gratz, 2013 → 2023: 519 → 882. 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.