Work & commute · Manheim

Work & commute in Manheim, PA

Most working residents leave Manheim for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Lancaster (15%), East Hempfield (6%) and East Lampeter (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

2,922 of 18,658 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15,736 Manheim residents head out of town to work, 2,922 work right here, and 24,737 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Manheim.

15,736live here, work elsewhere

2,922live and work here

24,737work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Manheim goes to work

Manheim (in town)right here

16%2,922

Lancaster3.4 mi away

15%2,832

East Hempfield4.6 mi away

6%1,197

East Lampeter5.7 mi away

4%837

Upper Leacock6.1 mi away

3%531

Warwick4.5 mi away

2%453

Philadelphia61.8 mi away

2%356

Lititz4.4 mi away

2%325

Derry22.4 mi away

2%292

West Hempfield9.5 mi away

1%278

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%8,635

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

How far

How far Manheim commutes

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

60%

16%

12%

60%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Manheim is balanced between jobs and homes

1.48jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Manheim are

27,659 jobs are based in Manheim. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Manheim’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Manheim

27,659 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Manheim residents hold

18,658 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+18%

Jobs based in Manheim, 2013 → 2023: 23,511 → 27,659. 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.