Work & commute · Waynesboro

Work & commute in Waynesboro, PA

Most working residents leave Waynesboro for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (7%), Chambersburg (6%) and Hagerstown (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

573 of 5,176 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 4,603 Waynesboro residents head out of town to work, 573 work right here, and 3,115 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waynesboro.

4,603live here, work elsewhere

573live and work here

3,115work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waynesboro goes to work

Waynesboro (in town)right here

11%573

Washington1.3 mi away

7%363

Chambersburg13 mi away

6%306

Hagerstown, MD10.9 mi away

5%258

Guilford9.2 mi away

4%210

Antrim7.4 mi away

4%204

Frederick, MD23.5 mi away

2%123

Greencastle8.1 mi away

2%91

Greene14 mi away

2%91

Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, MD8.4 mi away

2%89

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%2,868

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

How far

How far Waynesboro commutes

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

31%

29%

12%

28%

31%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waynesboro is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waynesboro are

3,688 jobs are based in Waynesboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Waynesboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Waynesboro

3,688 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Waynesboro residents hold

5,176 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

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Jobs based in Waynesboro, 2013 → 2023: 3,687 → 3,688. 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.