Work & commute · Upper Leacock

Work & commute in Upper Leacock, PA

Most working residents leave Upper Leacock for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are East Lampeter (8%), Lancaster (8%) and Manheim (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

541 of 3,879 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 3,338 Upper Leacock residents head out of town to work, 541 work right here, and 8,435 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Leacock.

3,338live here, work elsewhere

541live and work here

8,435work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Leacock goes to work

Upper Leacock (in town)right here

14%541

East Lampeter3.4 mi away

8%303

Lancaster6.8 mi away

8%301

Manheim6.1 mi away

6%234

Earl4.8 mi away

4%155

Leacock4.3 mi away

4%147

East Hempfield10.6 mi away

4%145

New Holland5.1 mi away

3%111

Warwick7.3 mi away

2%80

East Earl8.6 mi away

2%80

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,782

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

How far

How far Upper Leacock commutes

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

62%

15%

13%

10%

62%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Leacock is a job hub

2.31jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Leacock are

8,976 jobs are based in Upper Leacock. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Upper Leacock’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Upper Leacock

8,976 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Upper Leacock residents hold

3,879 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+43%

Jobs based in Upper Leacock, 2013 → 2023: 6,289 → 8,976. 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.