Work & commute · McConnellsburg

Work & commute in McConnellsburg, PA

Most working residents leave McConnellsburg for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Ayr (19%), Todd (6%) and Chambersburg (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 468 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 437 McConnellsburg residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 489 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McConnellsburg.

437live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

489work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McConnellsburg goes to work

Ayr4.8 mi away

19%88

McConnellsburg (in town)right here

7%31

Todd3.6 mi away

6%30

Chambersburg18 mi away

4%19

Hagerstown, MD24.9 mi away

4%18

Guilford21.2 mi away

3%16

Antrim18.1 mi away

3%13

Mercersburg8.5 mi away

2%11

Peters6.7 mi away

2%9

Taylor10.7 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%224

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

How far

How far McConnellsburg commutes

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

39%

23%

13%

25%

39%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McConnellsburg is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in McConnellsburg are

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

Jobs based in McConnellsburg

520 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs McConnellsburg residents hold

468 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+5%

Jobs based in McConnellsburg, 2013 → 2023: 495 → 520. 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.