Work & commute · Metal

Work & commute in Metal, PA

Most working residents leave Metal for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Chambersburg (11%), Fannett (6%) and Greene (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

61 of 615 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 554 Metal residents head out of town to work, 61 work right here, and 231 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Metal.

554live here, work elsewhere

61live and work here

231work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Metal goes to work

Chambersburg12.8 mi away

11%66

Metal (in town)right here

10%61

Fannett10.3 mi away

6%37

Greene16.2 mi away

5%30

Guilford17.1 mi away

4%24

Southampton16.2 mi away

3%21

Ayr15.4 mi away

3%20

Mercersburg14.8 mi away

3%16

Peters11.6 mi away

3%16

Antrim17.3 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%309

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

How far

How far Metal commutes

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

16%

45%

13%

26%

16%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Metal is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Metal are

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

Jobs based in Metal

292 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Metal residents hold

615 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+92%

Jobs based in Metal, 2013 → 2023: 152 → 292. 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.