Work & commute · South Hanover

Work & commute in South Hanover, PA

Most working residents leave South Hanover for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Derry (27%), Harrisburg (8%) and Lower Paxton (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

93 of 3,438 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,345 South Hanover residents head out of town to work, 93 work right here, and 1,455 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Hanover.

3,345live here, work elsewhere

93live and work here

1,455work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Hanover goes to work

Derry3.4 mi away

27%941

Harrisburg9.4 mi away

8%259

Lower Paxton5.2 mi away

5%167

Susquehanna8.6 mi away

4%149

Lower Swatara5.7 mi away

3%113

Swatara5.9 mi away

3%106

South Hanover (in town)right here

3%93

Hummelstown1.8 mi away

2%80

Hampden14.5 mi away

2%62

East Pennsboro12 mi away

2%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,411

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

How far

How far South Hanover commutes

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

57%

22%

14%

57%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Hanover is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Hanover are

1,548 jobs are based in South Hanover. Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Hanover’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in South Hanover

1,548 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs South Hanover residents hold

3,438 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+69%

Jobs based in South Hanover, 2013 → 2023: 914 → 1,548. 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.