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Work & commute in Lanse · A commuter town

100% of Lanse’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Lanse for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are College (10%), Ferguson (8%) and Morris (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 108 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Work from home
25%
More than PA (16%)
Jobs based here
12
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Lanse?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

10% of working residents work in College

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Chester Hill: 3 residents work here (3%)Johnstown: 3 residents work here (3%)BiglerBellGulichCollege: 11 residents work here (10%)Morris: 7 residents work here (6%)Patton: 6 residents work here (6%)MarionSpringCooperDecatur: 5 residents work here (5%)Lawrence: 4 residents work here (4%)PikeBradford: 3 residents work here (3%)BurnsideRush: 4 residents work here (4%)Ferguson: 9 residents work here (8%)WinburneLanseCollegeFergusonMorrisPattonDecaturLawrenceLanse
1
College18.6 mi away
10%11
2
Ferguson17.4 mi away
8%9
3
Morris5 mi away
6%7
4
Patton13.8 mi away
6%6
5
Decatur11.5 mi away
5%5
6
Lawrence19.7 mi away
4%4
7
Rush9.6 mi away
4%4
8
Chester Hill7.6 mi away
3%3
9
Johnstown60.7 mi away
3%3
10
Bradford11.6 mi away
3%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
49%53
The top trips

Where Lanse clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

Working from home in Lanse

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

Working from home
25%

of Lanse workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 3 in 10
Day and night

Lanse quiets down on a workday

On a workday 108 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.

108live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
12work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night150
Workday53
150live here− 110head out to work+ 12come in to work= 53on a workday

About 53 people are in Lanse on a workday afternoon, 64% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.11jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Lanse commutes less than 18 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi70 miCollege: 10% · 18.6 miFerguson: 8% · 17.4 miMorris: 6% · 5 miPatton: 6% · 13.8 miDecatur: 5% · 11.5 miLawrence: 4% · 19.7 miRush: 4% · 9.6 miChester Hill: 3% · 7.6 miJohnstown: 3% · 60.7 miBradford: 3% · 11.6 miCollege 10%Ferguson 8%Morris 6%Patton 6%Decatur 5%Lanse
LanseTop destinations (size = commuters)
22%Under 10 mi24 residents
42%10–24 mi45 residents
7%25–50 mi8 residents
29%Over 50 mi31 residents

About 29% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

What the 12 jobs in Lanse are

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

Jobs based in LanseJobs Lanse residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms8%18%
Trade, transport & utilities17%19%
Services: health, schools, offices75%64%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less50%10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month42%35%
Over $3,333 a month8%55%

Who does it

29 or younger17%19%
30 to 5433%63%
55 and older50%19%

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Next door

Lanse and the towns next door

The biggest share goes to Rush (4%). Darker towns draw more of Lanse’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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