Work & commute · New Freedom

Work & commute in New Freedom, PA

Most working residents leave New Freedom for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Cockeysville (6%), York (5%) and Shrewsbury (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

59 of 2,040 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,981 New Freedom residents head out of town to work, 59 work right here, and 589 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Freedom.

1,981live here, work elsewhere

59live and work here

589work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Freedom goes to work

Cockeysville, MD18.2 mi away

6%127

York16 mi away

5%111

Shrewsbury1.6 mi away

5%102

Shrewsbury2.6 mi away

4%78

Baltimore, MD30.4 mi away

3%68

Towson, MD23.9 mi away

3%68

New Freedom (in town)right here

3%59

York12.1 mi away

3%53

Springettsbury17.6 mi away

2%40

West Manchester15.4 mi away

2%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%1,296

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

How far

How far New Freedom commutes

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

18%

40%

24%

18%

18%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Freedom is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Freedom are

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

Jobs based in New Freedom

648 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs New Freedom residents hold

2,040 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+15%

Jobs based in New Freedom, 2013 → 2023: 565 → 648. 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.