Work & commute · Greencastle

Work & commute in Greencastle, PA

Most working residents leave Greencastle for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Antrim (10%), Chambersburg (7%) and Hagerstown (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

216 of 1,905 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,689 Greencastle residents head out of town to work, 216 work right here, and 2,437 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greencastle.

1,689live here, work elsewhere

216live and work here

2,437work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greencastle goes to work

Greencastle (in town)right here

11%216

Antrim3.4 mi away

10%199

Chambersburg10.4 mi away

7%141

Hagerstown, MD10.6 mi away

6%115

Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, MD7.1 mi away

4%69

Guilford9.3 mi away

3%65

Robinwood, MD11.8 mi away

3%50

Waynesboro8.1 mi away

2%47

Greene14.2 mi away

2%46

Washington9.3 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%935

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

How far

How far Greencastle commutes

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

39%

28%

27%

39%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greencastle is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Greencastle are

2,653 jobs are based in Greencastle. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greencastle’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Greencastle

2,653 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Greencastle residents hold

1,905 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+3%

Jobs based in Greencastle, 2013 → 2023: 2,565 → 2,653. 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.