Work & commute · Menallen

Work & commute in Menallen, PA

Most working residents leave Menallen for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Gettysburg (6%), Straban (4%) and Tyrone (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

184 of 1,700 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 1,516 Menallen residents head out of town to work, 184 work right here, and 810 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Menallen.

1,516live here, work elsewhere

184live and work here

810work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Menallen goes to work

Menallen (in town)right here

11%184

Gettysburg10.9 mi away

6%103

Straban9.8 mi away

4%62

Tyrone7.9 mi away

3%53

Cumberland12.4 mi away

3%52

Butler5.3 mi away

3%43

Hanover20.5 mi away

2%33

Biglerville4.6 mi away

2%31

Bendersville2.9 mi away

2%30

Chambersburg19 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%1,081

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

How far

How far Menallen commutes

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

27%

36%

15%

21%

27%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Menallen is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Menallen are

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

Jobs based in Menallen

994 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)83%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Menallen residents hold

1,700 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+7%

Jobs based in Menallen, 2013 → 2023: 929 → 994. 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.