Every workday, about 1,500 people come to Swartzville for work
Most working residents leave Swartzville for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are East Cocalico Township (12%), Ephrata (4%) and Lancaster (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.
The short version on getting to work from Swartzville
Swartzville makes and builds things
67% of the jobs based in Swartzville are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Swartzville residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 28%. The jobs ↓
Swartzville is where the jobs are
Swartzville has 1,563 jobs, 1.5 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Swartzville are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Swartzville makes things: 67% of its jobs are in goods
1,563 jobs are based in Swartzville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Swartzville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Swartzville, 2013 → 2023: 1,537 → 1,563. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Swartzville fills up on a workday
On a workday 990 residents head out to work, 36 work right here, and 1,527 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Swartzville on a workday afternoon, 30% more than live here.
1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 19 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Swartzville workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Where Swartzville’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Swartzville clocks in
12% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Swartzville commutes less than 11 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Swartzville and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Adamstown (3%). Darker towns draw more of Swartzville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of Swartzville
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Swartzville, from the people who make the trip.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.