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 Lancaster (7%), East Hempfield (7%) and Manheim (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

265 of 4,264 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,999 Mount Joy residents head out of town to work, 265 work right here, and 2,989 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Joy.

3,999live here, work elsewhere

265live and work here

2,989work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Joy goes to work

Lancaster11.8 mi away

7%312

East Hempfield6.7 mi away

7%280

Mount Joy (in town)right here

6%265

Manheim11.1 mi away

6%251

Derry13.4 mi away

4%184

West Donegal6.2 mi away

4%182

East Donegal3.7 mi away

4%162

West Hempfield4.2 mi away

2%104

Mount Joy4.4 mi away

2%102

Rapho4.1 mi away

2%100

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%2,322

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.

37%

47%

11%

37%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Joy is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Joy are

3,254 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

3,254 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Mount Joy residents hold

4,264 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+9%

Jobs based in Mount Joy, 2013 → 2023: 2,983 → 3,254. 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.