Work & commute · Hampden

Work & commute in Hampden, PA

Most working residents leave Hampden for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Harrisburg (12%), Silver Spring (7%) and Lower Allen (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,541 of 14,060 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,519 Hampden residents head out of town to work, 1,541 work right here, and 18,345 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hampden.

12,519live here, work elsewhere

1,541live and work here

18,345work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hampden goes to work

Harrisburg5.2 mi away

12%1,657

Hampden (in town)right here

11%1,541

Silver Spring4 mi away

7%953

Lower Allen4.5 mi away

5%742

Lower Paxton10.2 mi away

5%680

East Pennsboro2.9 mi away

5%660

Susquehanna7.1 mi away

4%609

Derry17.3 mi away

3%418

Swatara9.3 mi away

2%335

Carlisle12.5 mi away

2%319

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%6,146

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

How far

How far Hampden commutes

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

59%

17%

59%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hampden is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hampden are

19,886 jobs are based in Hampden. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hampden’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hampden

19,886 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Hampden residents hold

14,060 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−33%

Jobs based in Hampden, 2013 → 2023: 29,554 → 19,886. 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.