Work & commute · Middletown

Work & commute in Middletown, PA

Most working residents leave Middletown for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Derry (12%), Lower Swatara (9%) and Harrisburg (8%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

180 of 4,131 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 3,951 Middletown residents head out of town to work, 180 work right here, and 1,805 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Middletown.

3,951live here, work elsewhere

180live and work here

1,805work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Middletown goes to work

Derry6.1 mi away

12%493

Lower Swatara1.9 mi away

9%368

Harrisburg9.7 mi away

8%328

Swatara5.1 mi away

5%195

Middletown (in town)right here

4%180

Lower Paxton8.9 mi away

4%171

Susquehanna10.8 mi away

3%125

Hampden13.9 mi away

3%105

West Donegal7.5 mi away

2%90

Philadelphia85.4 mi away

2%79

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%1,997

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

How far

How far Middletown commutes

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

52%

25%

17%

52%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Middletown is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Middletown are

1,985 jobs are based in Middletown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Middletown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Middletown

1,985 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Middletown residents hold

4,131 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+5%

Jobs based in Middletown, 2013 → 2023: 1,882 → 1,985. 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.