Work & commute · Springettsbury

Work & commute in Springettsbury, PA

Most working residents leave Springettsbury for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are York (11%), West Manchester (6%) and York (6%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

1,644 of 11,300 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,656 Springettsbury residents head out of town to work, 1,644 work right here, and 20,949 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Springettsbury.

9,656live here, work elsewhere

1,644live and work here

20,949work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Springettsbury goes to work

Springettsbury (in town)right here

15%1,644

York3.4 mi away

11%1,261

West Manchester6.9 mi away

6%698

York5.5 mi away

6%655

Manchester4.7 mi away

5%598

Spring Garden4.1 mi away

5%548

Harrisburg22.7 mi away

2%216

East Manchester4.2 mi away

2%207

Lancaster20.1 mi away

1%162

Hellam4.8 mi away

1%150

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%5,161

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

How far

How far Springettsbury commutes

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

57%

19%

16%

57%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Springettsbury is a job hub

2.00jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Springettsbury are

22,593 jobs are based in Springettsbury. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Springettsbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Springettsbury

22,593 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Springettsbury residents hold

11,300 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+5%

Jobs based in Springettsbury, 2013 → 2023: 21,610 → 22,593. 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.