Work & commute · Mechanicsburg

Work & commute in Mechanicsburg, PA

Most working residents leave Mechanicsburg for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Harrisburg (10%), Hampden (10%) and Silver Spring (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
5%
223 of 4,437 working residents
Typical commute
8 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 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 4,214 Mechanicsburg residents head out of town to work, 223 work right here, and 2,406 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mechanicsburg.

4,214live here, work elsewhere
223live and work here
2,406work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Mechanicsburg goes to work

MechanicsburgHarrisburgSilver SpringSusquehannaLower PaxtonFairviewDerryMonroeUpper AllenLower AllenEast PennsboroHampdenHarrisburgHampdenSilver SpringLower AllenUpper AllenLower PaxtonSusquehannaEast PennsboroDerryMechanicsburg
1
Harrisburg7.8 mi away
10%432
2
Hampden3.6 mi away
10%423
3
Silver Spring3.8 mi away
6%284
4
Lower Allen4.2 mi away
6%268
5
Upper Allen2.5 mi away
5%240
6
Mechanicsburg (in town)right here
5%223
7
Lower Paxton13 mi away
4%159
8
Susquehanna10.2 mi away
4%156
9
East Pennsboro6.2 mi away
3%151
10
Derry19 mi away
3%122
Everywhere elseother towns and states
45%1,979

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

How far

How far Mechanicsburg commutes

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

58%Under 10 mi
21%10–24 mi
5%25–50 mi
16%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Mechanicsburg is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mechanicsburg are

2,629 jobs are based in Mechanicsburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mechanicsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mechanicsburg

2,629 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)60%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Mechanicsburg residents hold

4,437 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)12%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)64%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month64%
+3%

Jobs based in Mechanicsburg, 2013 → 2023: 2,545 → 2,629. 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.

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