Work & commute · Northeast Madison

Work & commute in Northeast Madison, PA

Most working residents leave Northeast Madison for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Southwest Madison (6%), Carlisle (6%) and Harrisburg (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 337 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 320 Northeast Madison residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Northeast Madison.

320live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

74work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Northeast Madison goes to work

Southwest Madison4 mi away

6%21

Carlisle19.2 mi away

6%19

Harrisburg31.6 mi away

5%18

Northeast Madison (in town)right here

5%17

Jackson6.7 mi away

5%16

Blain4.7 mi away

4%12

Hampden27.1 mi away

4%12

Saville6.8 mi away

3%11

Middlesex19.9 mi away

3%10

Susquehanna31.8 mi away

3%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%192

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

How far

How far Northeast Madison commutes

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

27%

23%

30%

19%

27%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Northeast Madison is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Northeast Madison are

91 jobs are based in Northeast Madison. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Northeast Madison’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Northeast Madison

91 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)68%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Northeast Madison residents hold

337 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−70%

Jobs based in Northeast Madison, 2013 → 2023: 305 → 91. 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.