Work & commute · Tell

Work & commute in Tell, PA

Most working residents leave Tell for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Dublin (11%), Ayr (5%) and Shirley (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 219 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 213 Tell residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tell.

213live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

43work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tell goes to work

Dublin8.4 mi away

11%23

Ayr30 mi away

5%11

Shirley7 mi away

5%10

Cromwell7.1 mi away

4%9

Orbisonia6.3 mi away

4%8

Huntingdon20.8 mi away

4%8

Chambersburg23.3 mi away

3%6

Tell (in town)right here

3%6

Guilford27.2 mi away

2%5

College38.6 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%128

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

How far

How far Tell commutes

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

22%

26%

30%

22%

22%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tell is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tell are

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

Jobs based in Tell

49 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Tell residents hold

219 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−6%

Jobs based in Tell, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 49. 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.