Work & commute · Hellam

Work & commute in Hellam, PA

Most working residents leave Hellam for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are York (9%), Springettsbury (8%) and East Hempfield (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

134 of 2,669 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,535 Hellam residents head out of town to work, 134 work right here, and 2,258 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hellam.

2,535live here, work elsewhere

134live and work here

2,258work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hellam goes to work

York8.2 mi away

9%236

Springettsbury4.8 mi away

8%222

Hellam (in town)right here

5%134

East Hempfield12 mi away

5%130

West Manchester11.7 mi away

4%108

Manchester8.5 mi away

3%90

York9 mi away

3%88

Manheim16.5 mi away

3%77

West Hempfield7 mi away

3%69

Spring Garden8.7 mi away

2%63

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%1,452

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

How far

How far Hellam commutes

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

44%

35%

13%

44%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hellam is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hellam are

2,392 jobs are based in Hellam. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hellam’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hellam

2,392 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Hellam residents hold

2,669 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

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Jobs based in Hellam, 2013 → 2023: 2,384 → 2,392. 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.