Work & commute · Shiremanstown

Work & commute in Shiremanstown, PA

Most working residents leave Shiremanstown for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Harrisburg (12%), Lower Allen (11%) and Hampden (9%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 827 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 809 Shiremanstown residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 1,307 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shiremanstown.

809live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

1,307work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shiremanstown goes to work

Harrisburg5.2 mi away

12%99

Lower Allen1.8 mi away

11%88

Hampden2.9 mi away

9%71

Upper Allen3.3 mi away

5%43

East Pennsboro4.4 mi away

3%28

Lower Paxton10.4 mi away

3%27

Carlisle13.2 mi away

3%24

Derry16.3 mi away

3%23

Swatara8.1 mi away

3%22

Silver Spring5.7 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%382

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

How far

How far Shiremanstown commutes

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

63%

18%

14%

63%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shiremanstown is a job hub

1.60jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Shiremanstown are

1,325 jobs are based in Shiremanstown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shiremanstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Shiremanstown

1,325 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Shiremanstown residents hold

827 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−15%

Jobs based in Shiremanstown, 2013 → 2023: 1,564 → 1,325. 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.