Work & commute · Hanover

Work & commute in Hanover, PA

Most working residents leave Hanover for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Allentown (15%), Bethlehem (10%) and Upper Macungie (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

55 of 918 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 863 Hanover residents head out of town to work, 55 work right here, and 9,297 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hanover.

863live here, work elsewhere

55live and work here

9,297work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hanover goes to work

Allentown4.4 mi away

15%134

Bethlehem4.2 mi away

10%95

Hanover (in town)right here

6%55

Upper Macungie11.2 mi away

5%43

Salisbury3.8 mi away

4%35

Whitehall3.3 mi away

3%32

Hanover2.6 mi away

3%30

South Whitehall5.9 mi away

3%28

Lower Macungie10.5 mi away

3%25

Philadelphia47.2 mi away

3%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%418

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

How far

How far Hanover commutes

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

63%

13%

11%

63%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hanover is a job hub

10.19jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hanover are

9,352 jobs are based in Hanover. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hanover’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hanover

9,352 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Hanover residents hold

918 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+25%

Jobs based in Hanover, 2013 → 2023: 7,500 → 9,352. 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.