Work & commute · Hanover

Work & commute in Hanover, PA

Most working residents leave Hanover for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (11%), Smith (7%) and Weirton (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53 of 1,121 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,068 Hanover residents head out of town to work, 53 work right here, and 691 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hanover.

1,068live here, work elsewhere

53live and work here

691work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hanover goes to work

Pittsburgh25.6 mi away

11%120

Smith6.2 mi away

7%74

Weirton, WV5.3 mi away

6%72

Moon14.5 mi away

5%58

Findlay10.2 mi away

5%57

Hanover (in town)right here

5%53

North Fayette12.5 mi away

5%51

Robinson17.4 mi away

3%38

Washington20.8 mi away

2%28

Cecil16.4 mi away

2%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%546

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.

23%

49%

18%

10%

23%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hanover is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hanover are

744 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

744 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Hanover residents hold

1,121 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−38%

Jobs based in Hanover, 2013 → 2023: 1,191 → 744. 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.