Work & commute · New Cumberland

Work & commute in New Cumberland, PA

Most working residents leave New Cumberland for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Harrisburg (14%), Lower Allen (8%) and Hampden (6%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

148 of 3,496 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,348 New Cumberland residents head out of town to work, 148 work right here, and 1,204 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Cumberland.

3,348live here, work elsewhere

148live and work here

1,204work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Cumberland goes to work

Harrisburg3.3 mi away

14%485

Lower Allen2.9 mi away

8%264

Hampden5.8 mi away

6%200

Susquehanna6.1 mi away

5%163

Fairview4.5 mi away

4%153

New Cumberland (in town)right here

4%148

Lower Paxton7.3 mi away

4%142

East Pennsboro4.9 mi away

4%134

Derry12.2 mi away

3%121

Silver Spring9.5 mi away

3%117

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%1,569

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

How far

How far New Cumberland commutes

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

67%

14%

67%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Cumberland is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Cumberland are

1,352 jobs are based in New Cumberland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Cumberland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Cumberland

1,352 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs New Cumberland residents hold

3,496 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+11%

Jobs based in New Cumberland, 2013 → 2023: 1,220 → 1,352. 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.