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Work & commute in St. Thomas, PA

Most working residents leave St. Thomas for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Chambersburg (17%), Guilford (7%) and Antrim (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
107 of 2,520 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,413 St. Thomas residents head out of town to work, 107 work right here, and 322 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. Thomas.

2,413live here, work elsewhere
107live and work here
322work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where St. Thomas goes to work

HagerstownMercersburgGreencastleChambersburgGuilfordMontgomerySt. ThomasToddMetalLetterkennyHamiltonAntrimPetersGreeneChambersburgGuilfordAntrimGreeneGreencastleHamiltonMercersburgPetersHagerstownSt. Thomas
1
Chambersburg7.9 mi away
17%425
2
Guilford11.2 mi away
7%176
3
Antrim9.4 mi away
5%125
4
St. Thomas (in town)right here
4%107
5
Greene12.8 mi away
4%102
6
Greencastle10.2 mi away
3%73
7
Hamilton4 mi away
3%73
8
Mercersburg8.3 mi away
3%72
9
Peters5.6 mi away
3%65
10
Hagerstown, MD20.3 mi away
2%57
Everywhere elseother towns and states
49%1,245

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

How far

How far St. Thomas commutes

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

44%Under 10 mi
23%10–24 mi
8%25–50 mi
25%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

St. Thomas is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in St. Thomas are

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

Jobs based in St. Thomas

429 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)34%
Trade, transport & utilities30%
Services (health, schools, offices…)37%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs St. Thomas residents hold

2,520 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)50%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month60%
+49%

Jobs based in St. Thomas, 2013 → 2023: 287 → 429. 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.

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