Work & commute · Shrewsbury

Work & commute in Shrewsbury, PA

Most working residents leave Shrewsbury for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Cockeysville (6%), York (6%) and Shrewsbury (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

106 of 1,754 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,648 Shrewsbury residents head out of town to work, 106 work right here, and 2,236 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shrewsbury.

1,648live here, work elsewhere

106live and work here

2,236work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shrewsbury goes to work

Shrewsbury (in town)right here

6%106

Cockeysville, MD20.5 mi away

6%100

York13.7 mi away

6%97

Shrewsbury2.6 mi away

4%70

Springettsbury15.1 mi away

4%65

Towson, MD26.3 mi away

3%59

Baltimore, MD32.8 mi away

3%57

York9.6 mi away

3%47

West Manchester13.4 mi away

2%40

Hopewell6.9 mi away

2%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%1,078

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

How far

How far Shrewsbury commutes

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

19%

35%

28%

18%

19%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shrewsbury is balanced between jobs and homes

1.34jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Shrewsbury are

2,342 jobs are based in Shrewsbury. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shrewsbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Shrewsbury

2,342 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Shrewsbury residents hold

1,754 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+45%

Jobs based in Shrewsbury, 2013 → 2023: 1,617 → 2,342. 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.