Work & commute · Lurgan

Work & commute in Lurgan, PA

Most working residents leave Lurgan for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Chambersburg (15%), Greene (7%) and Guilford (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47 of 841 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 794 Lurgan residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 279 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lurgan.

794live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

279work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lurgan goes to work

Chambersburg13.4 mi away

15%125

Greene12.2 mi away

7%60

Guilford16.6 mi away

6%48

Lurgan (in town)right here

6%47

Shippensburg7.7 mi away

4%37

Letterkenny8 mi away

4%35

Southampton8.2 mi away

4%32

Southampton10.6 mi away

2%19

Philadelphia132.2 mi away

2%13

Carlisle23 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%413

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

How far

How far Lurgan commutes

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

29%

33%

15%

23%

29%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lurgan is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lurgan are

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

Jobs based in Lurgan

326 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Lurgan residents hold

841 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+35%

Jobs based in Lurgan, 2013 → 2023: 241 → 326. 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.