Work & commute · Pequea

Work & commute in Pequea, PA

Most working residents leave Pequea for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Lancaster (13%), West Lampeter (7%) and Manheim (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

135 of 2,633 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 2,498 Pequea residents head out of town to work, 135 work right here, and 1,045 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pequea.

2,498live here, work elsewhere

135live and work here

1,045work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pequea goes to work

Lancaster5 mi away

13%352

West Lampeter2.6 mi away

7%194

Manheim8.3 mi away

7%180

East Hempfield9 mi away

7%176

Pequea (in town)right here

5%135

East Lampeter6.4 mi away

5%127

Upper Leacock9.7 mi away

3%71

Manor6.4 mi away

2%59

Lancaster3.9 mi away

2%41

West Hempfield11 mi away

1%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%1,259

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

How far

How far Pequea commutes

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

56%

20%

13%

11%

56%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pequea is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pequea are

1,180 jobs are based in Pequea. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pequea’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pequea

1,180 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Pequea residents hold

2,633 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+10%

Jobs based in Pequea, 2013 → 2023: 1,077 → 1,180. 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.