Work & commute · Lower Paxton

Work & commute in Lower Paxton, PA

Most working residents leave Lower Paxton for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Harrisburg (14%), Derry (8%) and Susquehanna (7%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

3,481 of 24,905 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 21,424 Lower Paxton residents head out of town to work, 3,481 work right here, and 21,454 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lower Paxton.

21,424live here, work elsewhere

3,481live and work here

21,454work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lower Paxton goes to work

Harrisburg5.2 mi away

14%3,542

Lower Paxton (in town)right here

14%3,481

Derry8.6 mi away

8%1,920

Susquehanna3.5 mi away

7%1,753

Swatara4.9 mi away

6%1,400

Hampden10.2 mi away

3%791

Lower Swatara7.2 mi away

3%654

Lower Allen10 mi away

3%644

East Pennsboro7.4 mi away

2%539

Philadelphia90.6 mi away

2%428

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%9,753

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

How far

How far Lower Paxton commutes

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

62%

16%

62%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lower Paxton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lower Paxton are

24,935 jobs are based in Lower Paxton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lower Paxton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lower Paxton

24,935 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Lower Paxton residents hold

24,905 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−5%

Jobs based in Lower Paxton, 2013 → 2023: 26,175 → 24,935. 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.