Work & commute · Shirley

Work & commute in Shirley, PA

Most working residents leave Shirley for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Union (7%), Huntingdon (5%) and Ayr (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

133 of 915 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 782 Shirley residents head out of town to work, 133 work right here, and 693 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shirley.

782live here, work elsewhere

133live and work here

693work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shirley goes to work

Shirley (in town)right here

15%133

Mount Union3.5 mi away

7%63

Huntingdon13.8 mi away

5%50

Ayr34.4 mi away

4%37

Cromwell7.9 mi away

4%34

Granville20 mi away

3%31

Smithfield13.6 mi away

3%31

Wayne6.3 mi away

2%16

Chambersburg30.2 mi away

2%15

Orbisonia7.6 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%492

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

How far

How far Shirley commutes

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

32%

20%

25%

23%

32%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shirley is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Shirley are

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

Jobs based in Shirley

826 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Shirley residents hold

915 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+335%

Jobs based in Shirley, 2013 → 2023: 190 → 826. 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.