Work & commute · Lack

Work & commute in Lack, PA

Most working residents leave Lack for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Fermanagh (6%), Delaware (5%) and Tuscarora (4%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 232 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

45 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 220 Lack residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 47 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lack.

220live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

47work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lack goes to work

Fermanagh23.2 mi away

6%13

Delaware28.5 mi away

5%12

Lack (in town)right here

5%12

Tuscarora6.4 mi away

4%10

Harrisburg42.2 mi away

4%9

Walker23.9 mi away

4%9

Derry20.1 mi away

3%6

Steelton45.9 mi away

2%5

Granville15.2 mi away

2%5

East Pennsboro39.4 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%146

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

How far

How far Lack commutes

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

10%

26%

32%

31%

10%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lack is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lack are

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

Jobs based in Lack

59 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)85%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Lack residents hold

232 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+84%

Jobs based in Lack, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 59. 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.