Work & commute · Monaghan

Work & commute in Monaghan, PA

Most working residents leave Monaghan for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Harrisburg (8%), Lower Allen (6%) and Upper Allen (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51 of 1,343 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,292 Monaghan residents head out of town to work, 51 work right here, and 220 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monaghan.

1,292live here, work elsewhere

51live and work here

220work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monaghan goes to work

Harrisburg10.2 mi away

8%101

Lower Allen5.1 mi away

6%76

Upper Allen3.3 mi away

6%75

Hampden8.6 mi away

6%74

Carroll4 mi away

4%56

Monaghan (in town)right here

4%51

Silver Spring9.5 mi away

3%47

Lower Paxton14.8 mi away

3%46

East Pennsboro10.2 mi away

3%41

Carlisle13.9 mi away

3%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%742

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

How far

How far Monaghan commutes

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

46%

32%

14%

46%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monaghan is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Monaghan are

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

Jobs based in Monaghan

271 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Monaghan residents hold

1,343 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+5%

Jobs based in Monaghan, 2013 → 2023: 258 → 271. 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.