Work & commute · North Middleton

Work & commute in North Middleton, PA

Most working residents leave North Middleton for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Carlisle (16%), South Middleton (7%) and Middlesex (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

198 of 5,333 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,135 North Middleton residents head out of town to work, 198 work right here, and 2,981 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Middleton.

5,135live here, work elsewhere

198live and work here

2,981work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Middleton goes to work

Carlisle3.2 mi away

16%855

South Middleton8 mi away

7%381

Middlesex4.3 mi away

6%294

Harrisburg17.5 mi away

5%251

Hampden12.4 mi away

4%223

Silver Spring8.4 mi away

4%212

North Middleton (in town)right here

4%198

Lower Paxton22.3 mi away

3%168

Lower Allen15.4 mi away

3%140

Susquehanna18.9 mi away

2%125

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%2,486

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

How far

How far North Middleton commutes

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

39%

30%

13%

18%

39%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Middleton is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Middleton are

3,179 jobs are based in North Middleton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Middleton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Middleton

3,179 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs North Middleton residents hold

5,333 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−1%

Jobs based in North Middleton, 2013 → 2023: 3,205 → 3,179. 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.