Work & commute · Myerstown

Work & commute in Myerstown, PA

Most working residents leave Myerstown for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Lebanon (7%), South Lebanon (6%) and Jackson (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

147 of 1,468 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,321 Myerstown residents head out of town to work, 147 work right here, and 1,572 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Myerstown.

1,321live here, work elsewhere

147live and work here

1,572work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Myerstown goes to work

Myerstown (in town)right here

10%147

Lebanon6.5 mi away

7%107

South Lebanon6.2 mi away

6%89

Jackson1.3 mi away

6%84

Derry19.7 mi away

3%50

Tulpehocken5.3 mi away

2%36

Lancaster22.8 mi away

2%34

Heidelberg5.6 mi away

2%32

Bethel8 mi away

2%31

North Cornwall8.7 mi away

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%828

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

How far

How far Myerstown commutes

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

47%

28%

14%

10%

47%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Myerstown is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Myerstown are

1,719 jobs are based in Myerstown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Myerstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Myerstown

1,719 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Myerstown residents hold

1,468 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+27%

Jobs based in Myerstown, 2013 → 2023: 1,357 → 1,719. 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.