Work & commute · Rapho

Work & commute in Rapho, PA

Most working residents leave Rapho for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Lancaster (7%), East Hempfield (6%) and Manheim (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

460 of 5,551 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,091 Rapho residents head out of town to work, 460 work right here, and 3,261 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rapho.

5,091live here, work elsewhere

460live and work here

3,261work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rapho goes to work

Rapho (in town)right here

8%460

Lancaster11.4 mi away

7%394

East Hempfield6.4 mi away

6%352

Manheim9.5 mi away

6%313

Penn4.8 mi away

5%297

Derry12.9 mi away

4%197

Mount Joy4.1 mi away

2%132

Manheim3.2 mi away

2%131

Warwick9.3 mi away

2%125

West Hempfield7 mi away

2%108

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%3,042

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

How far

How far Rapho commutes

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

42%

38%

13%

42%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rapho is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rapho are

3,721 jobs are based in Rapho. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rapho’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rapho

3,721 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Rapho residents hold

5,551 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+56%

Jobs based in Rapho, 2013 → 2023: 2,388 → 3,721. 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.