Work & commute · Halifax

Work & commute in Halifax, PA

Most working residents leave Halifax for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Halifax (10%), Harrisburg (9%) and Upper Paxton (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 323 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 320 Halifax residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Halifax.

320live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

45work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Halifax goes to work

Halifax1 mi away

10%31

Harrisburg13.2 mi away

9%28

Upper Paxton7.7 mi away

5%17

Susquehanna10.7 mi away

5%15

Lower Paxton12.2 mi away

5%15

Hampden14.2 mi away

3%11

Silver Spring16.1 mi away

3%9

Swatara16.4 mi away

2%8

Middlesex17.9 mi away

2%8

Washington9.3 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%173

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

How far

How far Halifax commutes

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

25%

46%

13%

16%

25%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Halifax is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Halifax are

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

Jobs based in Halifax

48 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Halifax residents hold

323 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−23%

Jobs based in Halifax, 2013 → 2023: 62 → 48. 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.