Work & commute · North Cornwall

Work & commute in North Cornwall, PA

Most working residents leave North Cornwall for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Lebanon (9%), Derry (9%) and South Lebanon (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

174 of 3,864 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 3,690 North Cornwall residents head out of town to work, 174 work right here, and 3,305 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Cornwall.

3,690live here, work elsewhere

174live and work here

3,305work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Cornwall goes to work

Lebanon2.4 mi away

9%363

Derry11.1 mi away

9%349

South Lebanon4.4 mi away

7%280

North Cornwall (in town)right here

5%174

North Lebanon4 mi away

3%109

Union11 mi away

3%101

Bethel9.3 mi away

2%86

Harrisburg23 mi away

2%80

Lancaster20.4 mi away

2%71

Philadelphia72.7 mi away

2%68

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%2,183

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

How far

How far North Cornwall commutes

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

43%

32%

10%

14%

43%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Cornwall is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in North Cornwall are

3,479 jobs are based in North Cornwall. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Cornwall’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Cornwall

3,479 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs North Cornwall residents hold

3,864 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+4%

Jobs based in North Cornwall, 2013 → 2023: 3,349 → 3,479. 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.