Work & commute · Thompsontown

Work & commute in Thompsontown, PA

Most working residents leave Thompsontown for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Walker (11%), Delaware (9%) and Fermanagh (7%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 260 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 259 Thompsontown residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 110 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thompsontown.

259live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

110work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thompsontown goes to work

Walker3.7 mi away

11%29

Delaware1.6 mi away

9%23

Fermanagh8.8 mi away

7%19

Harrisburg27.2 mi away

6%15

Fayette6.2 mi away

4%10

College35 mi away

2%6

Mifflintown8.4 mi away

2%5

Derry16.4 mi away

2%5

Bloomfield10.4 mi away

2%4

Lewistown17.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%140

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

How far

How far Thompsontown commutes

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

37%

14%

31%

18%

37%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thompsontown is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Thompsontown are

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

Jobs based in Thompsontown

111 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities66%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Thompsontown residents hold

260 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−68%

Jobs based in Thompsontown, 2013 → 2023: 344 → 111. 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.