Work & commute · Hanover

Work & commute in Hanover, PA

Most working residents leave Hanover for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Penn (11%), Conewago (3%) and Baltimore (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

1,571 of 8,165 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 6,594 Hanover residents head out of town to work, 1,571 work right here, and 10,372 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hanover.

6,594live here, work elsewhere

1,571live and work here

10,372work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hanover goes to work

Hanover (in town)right here

19%1,571

Penn1.3 mi away

11%863

Conewago2.3 mi away

3%233

Baltimore, MD40.6 mi away

3%218

York17 mi away

3%216

Westminster, MD16.1 mi away

2%168

West Manchester13.7 mi away

2%153

Springettsbury20.4 mi away

2%128

Straban11 mi away

1%118

New Oxford5.2 mi away

1%108

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%4,389

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.

44%

21%

14%

44%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hanover is balanced between jobs and homes

1.46jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hanover are

11,943 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

11,943 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Hanover residents hold

8,165 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−4%

Jobs based in Hanover, 2013 → 2023: 12,498 → 11,943. 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.