Work & commute · Guilford

Work & commute in Guilford, PA

Most working residents leave Guilford for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Chambersburg (20%), Greene (5%) and Antrim (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

696 of 6,038 working residents

Typical commute

11 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 5,342 Guilford residents head out of town to work, 696 work right here, and 7,355 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Guilford.

5,342live here, work elsewhere

696live and work here

7,355work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Guilford goes to work

Chambersburg4.3 mi away

20%1,222

Guilford (in town)right here

12%696

Greene5.2 mi away

5%320

Antrim5.9 mi away

3%204

Waynesboro9.2 mi away

2%142

Hagerstown, MD18.2 mi away

2%140

Southampton10.1 mi away

2%120

Greencastle9.3 mi away

1%87

Shippensburg12.1 mi away

1%85

Philadelphia131 mi away

1%82

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%2,940

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

How far

How far Guilford commutes

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

46%

20%

12%

22%

46%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Guilford is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Guilford are

8,051 jobs are based in Guilford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Guilford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Guilford

8,051 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Guilford residents hold

6,038 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+26%

Jobs based in Guilford, 2013 → 2023: 6,407 → 8,051. 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.