Work & commute · Quincy

Work & commute in Quincy, PA

Most working residents leave Quincy for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Waynesboro (9%), Chambersburg (9%) and Guilford (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

160 of 2,158 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,998 Quincy residents head out of town to work, 160 work right here, and 1,022 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Quincy.

1,998live here, work elsewhere

160live and work here

1,022work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Quincy goes to work

Waynesboro4.3 mi away

9%205

Chambersburg10 mi away

9%191

Quincy (in town)right here

7%160

Guilford5.8 mi away

7%148

Washington4.2 mi away

6%128

Antrim7 mi away

4%89

Hagerstown, MD15 mi away

3%61

Greene9.9 mi away

2%47

Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, MD12.2 mi away

2%47

Greencastle9.4 mi away

2%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%1,041

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

How far

How far Quincy commutes

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

43%

25%

10%

22%

43%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Quincy is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Quincy are

1,182 jobs are based in Quincy. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Quincy’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Quincy

1,182 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Quincy residents hold

2,158 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−26%

Jobs based in Quincy, 2013 → 2023: 1,598 → 1,182. 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.