Work & commute · Three Springs

Work & commute in Three Springs, PA

Most working residents leave Three Springs for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Cromwell (14%), Orbisonia (5%) and Chambersburg (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 172 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 169 Three Springs residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Three Springs.

169live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

35work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Three Springs goes to work

Cromwell5 mi away

14%24

Orbisonia5.7 mi away

5%8

Chambersburg25.2 mi away

5%8

Ayr22.8 mi away

5%8

Shirley12.7 mi away

4%7

Taylor9 mi away

4%7

Huntingdon20.8 mi away

3%5

Mount Union14 mi away

2%4

Three Springs (in town)right here

2%3

Todd15.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%95

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

How far

How far Three Springs commutes

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

26%

31%

25%

18%

26%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Three Springs 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 Three Springs are

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

Jobs based in Three Springs

38 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less37%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month13%

Jobs Three Springs residents hold

172 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+19%

Jobs based in Three Springs, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 38. 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.