Work & commute · Littlestown

Work & commute in Littlestown, PA

Most working residents leave Littlestown for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Hanover (7%), Penn (5%) and Westminster (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

150 of 2,102 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,952 Littlestown residents head out of town to work, 150 work right here, and 998 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Littlestown.

1,952live here, work elsewhere

150live and work here

998work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Littlestown goes to work

Littlestown (in town)right here

7%150

Hanover7.1 mi away

7%149

Penn7.4 mi away

5%99

Westminster, MD12.2 mi away

4%94

Gettysburg9.8 mi away

4%91

Taneytown, MD7.5 mi away

3%61

Straban10.4 mi away

2%47

Frederick, MD27.4 mi away

2%42

Germany1.3 mi away

2%40

Conewago4.9 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%1,295

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

How far

How far Littlestown commutes

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

40%

18%

24%

18%

40%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Littlestown is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Littlestown are

1,148 jobs are based in Littlestown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Littlestown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Littlestown

1,148 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Littlestown residents hold

2,102 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+42%

Jobs based in Littlestown, 2013 → 2023: 811 → 1,148. 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.