Work & commute · New Oxford

Work & commute in New Oxford, PA

Most working residents leave New Oxford for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Hanover (13%), Penn (7%) and Oxford (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

63 of 930 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 867 New Oxford residents head out of town to work, 63 work right here, and 1,974 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Oxford.

867live here, work elsewhere

63live and work here

1,974work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Oxford goes to work

Hanover5.2 mi away

13%117

New Oxford (in town)right here

7%63

Penn6.5 mi away

7%63

Oxford1.1 mi away

6%59

Gettysburg9.7 mi away

4%37

Straban6.2 mi away

3%26

West Manchester15.1 mi away

3%24

Berwick2.8 mi away

2%19

Cumberland11.2 mi away

2%17

York18.5 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%489

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

How far

How far New Oxford commutes

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

52%

19%

13%

15%

52%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Oxford is a job hub

2.19jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in New Oxford are

2,037 jobs are based in New Oxford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Oxford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Oxford

2,037 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)63%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs New Oxford residents hold

930 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−1%

Jobs based in New Oxford, 2013 → 2023: 2,064 → 2,037. 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.