Work & commute · Providence

Work & commute in Providence, PA

Most working residents leave Providence for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Lancaster (9%), Manheim (6%) and West Lampeter (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

189 of 2,952 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 2,763 Providence residents head out of town to work, 189 work right here, and 1,099 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Providence.

2,763live here, work elsewhere

189live and work here

1,099work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Providence goes to work

Lancaster9.7 mi away

9%258

Providence (in town)right here

6%189

Manheim12.9 mi away

6%176

West Lampeter5.8 mi away

6%173

East Lampeter8.7 mi away

5%147

East Drumore5.1 mi away

5%137

East Hempfield14.4 mi away

3%98

Pequea5.4 mi away

2%65

Quarryville3.7 mi away

2%62

Upper Leacock11.9 mi away

2%58

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%1,589

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

How far

How far Providence commutes

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

38%

37%

14%

11%

38%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Providence 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 Providence are

1,288 jobs are based in Providence. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Providence’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Providence

1,288 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Providence residents hold

2,952 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+59%

Jobs based in Providence, 2013 → 2023: 812 → 1,288. 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.