Work & commute · Lower Allen

Work & commute in Lower Allen, PA

Most working residents leave Lower Allen for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Harrisburg (13%), Hampden (7%) and Lower Paxton (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

723 of 8,168 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,445 Lower Allen residents head out of town to work, 723 work right here, and 16,593 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lower Allen.

7,445live here, work elsewhere

723live and work here

16,593work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lower Allen goes to work

Harrisburg5.1 mi away

13%1,039

Lower Allen (in town)right here

9%723

Hampden4.5 mi away

7%562

Lower Paxton10 mi away

4%353

East Pennsboro5.3 mi away

4%301

Susquehanna8 mi away

3%279

Silver Spring7.4 mi away

3%278

Derry15 mi away

3%264

Swatara7 mi away

3%216

Upper Allen3.5 mi away

3%215

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%3,938

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

How far

How far Lower Allen commutes

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

59%

16%

19%

59%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lower Allen is a job hub

2.12jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lower Allen are

17,316 jobs are based in Lower Allen. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lower Allen’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lower Allen

17,316 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Lower Allen residents hold

8,168 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+20%

Jobs based in Lower Allen, 2013 → 2023: 14,439 → 17,316. 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.