Work & commute · Lewistown

Work & commute in Lewistown, PA

Most working residents leave Lewistown for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Granville (10%), Derry (9%) and Armagh (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

456 of 3,573 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 3,117 Lewistown residents head out of town to work, 456 work right here, and 2,595 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lewistown.

3,117live here, work elsewhere

456live and work here

2,595work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lewistown goes to work

Lewistown (in town)right here

13%456

Granville2.5 mi away

10%350

Derry3.1 mi away

9%319

Armagh12.2 mi away

4%129

College19.8 mi away

3%115

Burnham2.6 mi away

3%109

Walker14.1 mi away

3%90

State College20.1 mi away

2%77

Brown6.6 mi away

2%64

Harrisburg42.4 mi away

2%59

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%1,805

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

How far

How far Lewistown commutes

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

44%

18%

16%

22%

44%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lewistown is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lewistown are

3,051 jobs are based in Lewistown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lewistown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lewistown

3,051 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Lewistown residents hold

3,573 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−6%

Jobs based in Lewistown, 2013 → 2023: 3,254 → 3,051. 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.