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Work & commute · Mercersburg

Work & commute in Mercersburg, PA

Most working residents leave Mercersburg for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Chambersburg (10%), Peters (7%) and Antrim (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
9%
68 of 725 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
30 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 657 Mercersburg residents head out of town to work, 68 work right here, and 897 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mercersburg.

657live here, work elsewhere
68live and work here
897work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Mercersburg goes to work

HagerstownMercersburgGreencastleChambersburgGuilfordMontgomerySt. ThomasAyrFannettHamiltonAntrimPetersGreeneChambersburgPetersAntrimGuilfordHagerstownGreencastleGreeneMontgomeryAyrMercersburg
1
Chambersburg14.8 mi away
10%70
2
Mercersburg (in town)right here
9%68
3
Peters3.2 mi away
7%51
4
Antrim11.7 mi away
7%50
5
Guilford16.4 mi away
3%24
6
Hagerstown, MD16.4 mi away
3%23
7
Greencastle9.8 mi away
3%23
8
Greene19.8 mi away
3%23
9
Montgomery4 mi away
3%20
10
Ayr7.5 mi away
2%13
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%360

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

How far

How far Mercersburg commutes

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

28%Under 10 mi
37%10–24 mi
7%25–50 mi
29%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Mercersburg is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mercersburg are

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

Jobs based in Mercersburg

965 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities13%
Services (health, schools, offices…)62%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Mercersburg residents hold

725 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)52%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month60%
+61%

Jobs based in Mercersburg, 2013 → 2023: 598 → 965. 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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