Work & commute · Rye

Work & commute in Rye, PA

Most working residents leave Rye for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Harrisburg (13%), Hampden (7%) and Susquehanna (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 1,093 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,084 Rye residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rye.

1,084live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

82work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rye goes to work

Harrisburg8.9 mi away

13%143

Hampden5.5 mi away

7%76

Susquehanna9.1 mi away

5%60

Lower Paxton12.6 mi away

5%59

Lower Allen10 mi away

4%43

East Pennsboro6.2 mi away

4%40

Swatara13.6 mi away

3%30

Marysville5.9 mi away

3%28

Silver Spring5.2 mi away

3%28

Derry20.9 mi away

2%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%560

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

How far

How far Rye commutes

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

47%

25%

11%

17%

47%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rye is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rye are

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

Jobs based in Rye

91 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Rye residents hold

1,093 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−1%

Jobs based in Rye, 2013 → 2023: 92 → 91. 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.