Work & commute · Straban

Work & commute in Straban, PA

Most working residents leave Straban for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Gettysburg (10%), Cumberland (5%) and Hanover (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

170 of 2,089 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,919 Straban residents head out of town to work, 170 work right here, and 3,446 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Straban.

1,919live here, work elsewhere

170live and work here

3,446work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Straban goes to work

Gettysburg4.9 mi away

10%218

Straban (in town)right here

8%170

Cumberland6.9 mi away

5%103

Hanover11 mi away

4%87

Penn12.3 mi away

4%74

York23.9 mi away

2%35

Tyrone5 mi away

2%33

New Oxford6.2 mi away

2%32

Frederick, MD33.2 mi away

1%31

Conewago9.6 mi away

1%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%1,275

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

How far

How far Straban commutes

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

36%

24%

21%

18%

36%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Straban is a job hub

1.73jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Straban are

3,616 jobs are based in Straban. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Straban’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Straban

3,616 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Straban residents hold

2,089 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+11%

Jobs based in Straban, 2013 → 2023: 3,250 → 3,616. 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.