Work & commute · Mount Joy

Work & commute in Mount Joy, PA

Most working residents leave Mount Joy for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Derry (9%), West Donegal (6%) and Lancaster (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

314 of 5,487 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 5,173 Mount Joy residents head out of town to work, 314 work right here, and 2,710 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Joy.

5,173live here, work elsewhere

314live and work here

2,710work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Joy goes to work

Derry8.9 mi away

9%497

West Donegal4.5 mi away

6%338

Mount Joy (in town)right here

6%314

Lancaster15.6 mi away

5%285

Elizabethtown2.8 mi away

5%274

East Hempfield10.4 mi away

4%242

Manheim14.2 mi away

4%210

Harrisburg19.3 mi away

3%172

Rapho4.9 mi away

3%139

Mount Joy4.4 mi away

2%136

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%2,880

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

How far

How far Mount Joy commutes

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

35%

48%

11%

35%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Joy is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Joy are

3,024 jobs are based in Mount Joy. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mount Joy’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mount Joy

3,024 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Mount Joy residents hold

5,487 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−5%

Jobs based in Mount Joy, 2013 → 2023: 3,192 → 3,024. 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.