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Work & commute · Red Lion

Work & commute in Red Lion, PA

Most working residents leave Red Lion for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Springettsbury (9%), York (8%) and York (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
6%
190 of 3,342 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
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,152 Red Lion residents head out of town to work, 190 work right here, and 1,593 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Red Lion.

3,152live here, work elsewhere
190live and work here
1,593work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Red Lion goes to work

BaltimoreRed LionYorkLancasterChancefordLower WindsorNorth HopewellWindsorYorkWest ManchesterSpring GardenSpringettsburyManchesterLower ChancefordSpringettsburyYorkYorkManchesterWest ManchesterSpring GardenWindsorBaltimoreLancasterRed Lion
1
Springettsbury7.2 mi away
9%303
2
York3.9 mi away
8%277
3
York8 mi away
8%258
4
Red Lion (in town)right here
6%190
5
Manchester11.3 mi away
4%132
6
West Manchester10.3 mi away
4%119
7
Spring Garden6.8 mi away
3%105
8
Windsor3.5 mi away
2%81
9
Baltimore, MD41.4 mi away
2%74
10
Lancaster19 mi away
2%57
Everywhere elseother towns and states
52%1,746

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

How far

How far Red Lion commutes

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

48%Under 10 mi
23%10–24 mi
16%25–50 mi
14%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Red Lion is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Red Lion are

1,783 jobs are based in Red Lion. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Red Lion’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Red Lion

1,783 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)37%
Trade, transport & utilities10%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Red Lion residents hold

3,342 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month59%
−28%

Jobs based in Red Lion, 2013 → 2023: 2,485 → 1,783. 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.

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