Work & commute · Upper Paxton

Work & commute in Upper Paxton, PA

Most working residents leave Upper Paxton for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Harrisburg (9%), Washington (7%) and Susquehanna (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

232 of 1,743 working residents

Typical commute

19 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 1,511 Upper Paxton residents head out of town to work, 232 work right here, and 996 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Paxton.

1,511live here, work elsewhere

232live and work here

996work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Paxton goes to work

Upper Paxton (in town)right here

13%232

Harrisburg20.7 mi away

9%154

Washington6.1 mi away

7%123

Susquehanna18.1 mi away

6%105

Millersburg2.6 mi away

6%104

Gratz11.3 mi away

3%57

Lower Paxton18.9 mi away

3%50

Halifax6.7 mi away

3%46

Hampden21.9 mi away

3%44

Steelton24.7 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%801

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

How far

How far Upper Paxton commutes

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

32%

40%

13%

15%

32%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Paxton is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Paxton are

1,228 jobs are based in Upper Paxton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Upper Paxton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Upper Paxton

1,228 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Upper Paxton residents hold

1,743 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+21%

Jobs based in Upper Paxton, 2013 → 2023: 1,017 → 1,228. 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.