Work & commute · Oliver

Work & commute in Oliver, PA

Most working residents leave Oliver for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Harrisburg (8%), Newport (6%) and Hampden (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 867 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 846 Oliver residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 177 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oliver.

846live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

177work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oliver goes to work

Harrisburg19.7 mi away

8%69

Newport0.8 mi away

6%55

Hampden17.5 mi away

4%38

Susquehanna18.5 mi away

3%27

Silver Spring16.5 mi away

3%26

East Pennsboro17.5 mi away

3%26

Carlisle19.5 mi away

3%24

Swatara24.2 mi away

3%22

Oliver (in town)right here

2%21

Bloomfield4.7 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%540

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

How far

How far Oliver commutes

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

18%

46%

16%

20%

18%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oliver is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oliver are

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

Jobs based in Oliver

198 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Oliver residents hold

867 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+29%

Jobs based in Oliver, 2013 → 2023: 154 → 198. 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.