Work & commute · Hummelstown

Work & commute in Hummelstown, PA

Most working residents leave Hummelstown for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Derry (21%), Harrisburg (8%) and Lower Paxton (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

139 of 2,193 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,054 Hummelstown residents head out of town to work, 139 work right here, and 908 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hummelstown.

2,054live here, work elsewhere

139live and work here

908work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hummelstown goes to work

Derry3.2 mi away

21%470

Harrisburg9.1 mi away

8%167

Hummelstown (in town)right here

6%139

Lower Paxton5.9 mi away

5%102

Swatara5 mi away

4%98

Susquehanna8.9 mi away

3%74

Lower Swatara4 mi away

3%66

Hampden14.1 mi away

2%42

Lower Allen11.9 mi away

2%39

Philadelphia85.3 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%962

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

How far

How far Hummelstown commutes

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

58%

20%

16%

58%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hummelstown is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hummelstown are

1,047 jobs are based in Hummelstown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hummelstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hummelstown

1,047 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Hummelstown residents hold

2,193 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−10%

Jobs based in Hummelstown, 2013 → 2023: 1,157 → 1,047. 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.