Work & commute · Lower Windsor

Work & commute in Lower Windsor, PA

Most working residents leave Lower Windsor for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Springettsbury (7%), York (6%) and York (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

122 of 3,841 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 3,719 Lower Windsor residents head out of town to work, 122 work right here, and 530 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lower Windsor.

3,719live here, work elsewhere

122live and work here

530work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lower Windsor goes to work

Springettsbury7.6 mi away

7%278

York10.4 mi away

6%246

York8.4 mi away

5%191

Lancaster13.6 mi away

4%163

Hellam5.3 mi away

4%161

East Hempfield11.6 mi away

3%127

Manheim15.5 mi away

3%123

Lower Windsor (in town)right here

3%122

Manchester12.3 mi away

3%122

West Manchester13.6 mi away

3%117

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%2,191

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

How far

How far Lower Windsor commutes

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

38%

35%

13%

14%

38%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lower Windsor is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lower Windsor are

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

Jobs based in Lower Windsor

652 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Lower Windsor residents hold

3,841 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+38%

Jobs based in Lower Windsor, 2013 → 2023: 471 → 652. 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.