Work & commute · Lebanon

Work & commute in Lebanon, PA

Most working residents leave Lebanon for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Derry (7%), South Lebanon (6%) and Bethel (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,348 of 11,235 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 9,887 Lebanon residents head out of town to work, 1,348 work right here, and 7,031 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lebanon.

9,887live here, work elsewhere

1,348live and work here

7,031work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lebanon goes to work

Lebanon (in town)right here

12%1,348

Derry13.2 mi away

7%842

South Lebanon4.1 mi away

6%644

Bethel7.3 mi away

5%582

North Lebanon1.8 mi away

5%513

Union10.2 mi away

4%480

North Cornwall2.4 mi away

3%368

East Hanover10.1 mi away

2%225

Philadelphia71.8 mi away

2%187

Bethel11 mi away

2%171

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%5,875

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

How far

How far Lebanon commutes

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

44%

29%

13%

14%

44%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lebanon is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lebanon are

8,379 jobs are based in Lebanon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lebanon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lebanon

8,379 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Lebanon residents hold

11,235 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−12%

Jobs based in Lebanon, 2013 → 2023: 9,563 → 8,379. 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.