Work & commute · Peach Bottom

Work & commute in Peach Bottom, PA

Most working residents leave Peach Bottom for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Bel Air (7%), Cockeysville (3%) and Towson (3%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

114 of 1,942 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,828 Peach Bottom residents head out of town to work, 114 work right here, and 1,028 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Peach Bottom.

1,828live here, work elsewhere

114live and work here

1,028work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Peach Bottom goes to work

Bel Air, MD14.8 mi away

7%127

Peach Bottom (in town)right here

6%114

Cockeysville, MD24.6 mi away

3%56

Towson, MD28.9 mi away

3%56

Baltimore, MD34.4 mi away

3%54

Bel Air North, MD13.7 mi away

2%41

Fawn Grove6.5 mi away

1%27

Pleasant Hills, MD18.5 mi away

1%25

York25.9 mi away

1%23

Springettsbury24.6 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

72%1,396

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

How far

How far Peach Bottom commutes

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

13%

36%

30%

21%

13%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Peach Bottom is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Peach Bottom are

1,142 jobs are based in Peach Bottom. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Peach Bottom’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Peach Bottom

1,142 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities54%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month85%

Jobs Peach Bottom residents hold

1,942 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−27%

Jobs based in Peach Bottom, 2013 → 2023: 1,569 → 1,142. 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.