Work & commute · Millersville

Work & commute in Millersville, PA

Most working residents leave Millersville for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Lancaster (16%), East Hempfield (8%) and Manheim (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

105 of 2,919 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 2,814 Millersville residents head out of town to work, 105 work right here, and 1,619 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Millersville.

2,814live here, work elsewhere

105live and work here

1,619work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Millersville goes to work

Lancaster3.7 mi away

16%456

East Hempfield5.6 mi away

8%226

Manheim6.6 mi away

7%215

Manor3.7 mi away

4%107

Millersville (in town)right here

4%105

East Lampeter7.6 mi away

4%104

Upper Leacock10.4 mi away

3%78

Lancaster1.8 mi away

2%61

West Hempfield7.2 mi away

2%59

Philadelphia64.5 mi away

2%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,453

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

How far

How far Millersville commutes

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

53%

17%

14%

16%

53%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Millersville is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Millersville are

1,724 jobs are based in Millersville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Millersville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Millersville

1,724 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Millersville residents hold

2,919 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−16%

Jobs based in Millersville, 2013 → 2023: 2,052 → 1,724. 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.