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Work & commute · North Newton

Work & commute in North Newton, PA

Most working residents leave North Newton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Carlisle (11%), West Pennsboro (6%) and South Middleton (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
28 of 975 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
19 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
12%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 947 North Newton residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 307 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Newton.

947live here, work elsewhere
28live and work here
307work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where North Newton goes to work

NewvilleShippensburgCarlisleChambersburgHarrisburgSilver SpringPennHopewellUpper FrankfordUpper MifflinWest PennsboroSouth MiddletonLower MifflinNorth NewtonSouthamptonMiddlesexSouth NewtonSouthamptonHampdenCarlisleWest PennsboroSouth MiddletonMiddlesexHarrisburgChambersburgSilver SpringHampdenShippensburgNorth Newton
1
Carlisle13.4 mi away
11%105
2
West Pennsboro6.6 mi away
6%59
3
South Middleton14.7 mi away
6%56
4
Middlesex18.2 mi away
4%41
5
Harrisburg31 mi away
3%30
6
Chambersburg18.3 mi away
3%29
7
Silver Spring21.9 mi away
3%28
8
North Newton (in town)right here
3%28
9
Hampden25.8 mi away
3%28
10
Shippensburg7.6 mi away
3%25
Everywhere elseother towns and states
56%546

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

How far

How far North Newton commutes

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

24%Under 10 mi
35%10–24 mi
23%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

North Newton is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Newton are

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

Jobs based in North Newton

335 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities56%
Services (health, schools, offices…)30%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%
Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs North Newton residents hold

975 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities33%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month57%
+18%

Jobs based in North Newton, 2013 → 2023: 283 → 335. 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.

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