Work & commute · Paxtang

Work & commute in Paxtang, PA

Most working residents leave Paxtang for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Harrisburg (16%), Swatara (11%) and Derry (7%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 828 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 813 Paxtang residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 351 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paxtang.

813live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

351work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Paxtang goes to work

Harrisburg2.8 mi away

16%133

Swatara1.9 mi away

11%92

Derry9.6 mi away

7%62

Lower Paxton4.2 mi away

7%58

Hampden7.7 mi away

6%51

Susquehanna4.1 mi away

5%45

Lower Swatara5 mi away

3%25

Lower Allen6.1 mi away

3%24

East Pennsboro5.6 mi away

2%18

Paxtang (in town)right here

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%305

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

How far

How far Paxtang commutes

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

71%

12%

71%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Paxtang is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Paxtang are

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

Jobs based in Paxtang

366 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Paxtang residents hold

828 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−85%

Jobs based in Paxtang, 2013 → 2023: 2,407 → 366. 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.