Work & commute · Hanover

Work & commute in Hanover, PA

Most working residents leave Hanover for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Bethlehem (15%), Allentown (9%) and Fountain Hill (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

406 of 5,360 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 4,954 Hanover residents head out of town to work, 406 work right here, and 13,023 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hanover.

4,954live here, work elsewhere

406live and work here

13,023work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hanover goes to work

Bethlehem3.2 mi away

15%826

Allentown6.7 mi away

9%495

Hanover (in town)right here

8%406

Fountain Hill4.4 mi away

4%211

Bethlehem4.3 mi away

3%170

Salisbury5.2 mi away

3%160

Upper Macungie13.8 mi away

3%146

South Whitehall8.5 mi away

3%141

Philadelphia47.5 mi away

2%116

Hanover2.6 mi away

2%102

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%2,587

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.

57%

14%

15%

14%

57%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hanover is a job hub

2.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hanover are

13,429 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

13,429 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Hanover residents hold

5,360 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+16%

Jobs based in Hanover, 2013 → 2023: 11,552 → 13,429. 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.