Work & commute · West Cocalico

Work & commute in West Cocalico, PA

Most working residents leave West Cocalico for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are East Cocalico (9%), Ephrata (5%) and Ephrata (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

213 of 3,616 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 3,403 West Cocalico residents head out of town to work, 213 work right here, and 915 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Cocalico.

3,403live here, work elsewhere

213live and work here

915work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Cocalico goes to work

East Cocalico4.1 mi away

9%332

West Cocalico (in town)right here

6%213

Ephrata5.9 mi away

5%181

Ephrata7.2 mi away

5%178

Denver2.4 mi away

4%140

Clay4.6 mi away

3%119

Lancaster17 mi away

3%104

East Earl11.8 mi away

3%95

Manheim13.9 mi away

2%90

Earl11.2 mi away

2%78

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%2,086

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

How far

How far West Cocalico commutes

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

45%

34%

12%

45%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Cocalico is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Cocalico are

1,128 jobs are based in West Cocalico. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Cocalico’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Cocalico

1,128 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs West Cocalico residents hold

3,616 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+8%

Jobs based in West Cocalico, 2013 → 2023: 1,045 → 1,128. 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.