Work & commute · Jonestown

Work & commute in Jonestown, PA

Most working residents leave Jonestown for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Derry (10%), Bethel (8%) and Union (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 769 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 758 Jonestown residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 215 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jonestown.

758live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

215work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jonestown goes to work

Derry13.5 mi away

10%77

Bethel3.9 mi away

8%58

Union4.6 mi away

6%43

Lebanon5.8 mi away

4%33

South Lebanon9.8 mi away

4%30

East Hanover6 mi away

3%23

Harrisburg23.3 mi away

3%20

North Lebanon4.5 mi away

2%19

North Cornwall7 mi away

2%16

Swatara1.4 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%435

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

How far

How far Jonestown commutes

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

43%

31%

13%

43%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jonestown is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jonestown are

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

Jobs based in Jonestown

226 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Jonestown residents hold

769 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+4%

Jobs based in Jonestown, 2013 → 2023: 218 → 226. 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.