Work & commute · Penn

Work & commute in Penn, PA

Most working residents leave Penn for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Hanover (13%), Westminster (3%) and York (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

1,161 of 8,743 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,582 Penn residents head out of town to work, 1,161 work right here, and 7,219 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Penn.

7,582live here, work elsewhere

1,161live and work here

7,219work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Penn goes to work

Hanover1.3 mi away

13%1,161

Penn (in town)right here

13%1,161

Westminster, MD15.4 mi away

3%263

York16.8 mi away

3%247

Baltimore, MD39.3 mi away

2%213

Springettsbury20.2 mi away

2%204

Conewago3.1 mi away

2%193

West Manchester13.6 mi away

2%191

York16.9 mi away

1%130

Gettysburg14.5 mi away

1%122

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%4,858

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

How far

How far Penn commutes

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

40%

24%

22%

14%

40%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Penn is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Penn are

8,380 jobs are based in Penn. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Penn’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Penn

8,380 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Penn residents hold

8,743 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+22%

Jobs based in Penn, 2013 → 2023: 6,870 → 8,380. 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.