Work & commute · Lower Frankford

Work & commute in Lower Frankford, PA

Most working residents leave Lower Frankford for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Carlisle (15%), South Middleton (6%) and West Pennsboro (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 760 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 759 Lower Frankford residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 86 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lower Frankford.

759live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

86work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lower Frankford goes to work

Carlisle5.3 mi away

15%114

South Middleton9.7 mi away

6%46

West Pennsboro4.6 mi away

6%44

Harrisburg21.5 mi away

4%33

Middlesex8.3 mi away

4%33

Silver Spring12.3 mi away

3%26

Chambersburg28.8 mi away

3%22

Hampden16.3 mi away

3%22

North Middleton3.9 mi away

3%20

Lower Allen19.2 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%386

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

How far

How far Lower Frankford commutes

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

38%

28%

16%

18%

38%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lower Frankford is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lower Frankford are

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

Jobs based in Lower Frankford

87 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Lower Frankford residents hold

760 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+190%

Jobs based in Lower Frankford, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 87. 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.