Work & commute · Millerstown

Work & commute in Millerstown, PA

Most working residents leave Millerstown for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Harrisburg (10%), Susquehanna (5%) and Hampden (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 267 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 252 Millerstown residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 225 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Millerstown.

252live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

225work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Millerstown goes to work

Harrisburg23.9 mi away

10%26

Millerstown (in town)right here

6%15

Susquehanna22.3 mi away

5%14

Hampden22.3 mi away

5%13

Lower Paxton24.7 mi away

3%9

Carlisle24.7 mi away

2%6

Middlesex20.8 mi away

2%6

East Pennsboro21.9 mi away

2%6

Lower Swatara31.2 mi away

2%5

Swatara28.1 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%162

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

How far

How far Millerstown commutes

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

20%

39%

23%

18%

20%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Millerstown is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Millerstown are

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

Jobs based in Millerstown

240 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Millerstown residents hold

267 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−19%

Jobs based in Millerstown, 2013 → 2023: 297 → 240. 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.