Work & commute · West Cornwall

Work & commute in West Cornwall, PA

Most working residents leave West Cornwall for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Derry (10%), Lebanon (7%) and South Lebanon (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33 of 899 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 866 West Cornwall residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 1,072 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Cornwall.

866live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

1,072work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Cornwall goes to work

Derry10.6 mi away

10%88

Lebanon5.1 mi away

7%60

South Lebanon4.6 mi away

5%44

West Cornwall (in town)right here

4%33

East Hempfield13.5 mi away

3%29

Lancaster17.7 mi away

3%27

Manheim14.8 mi away

3%26

North Cornwall2.9 mi away

3%24

Penn6.9 mi away

2%18

Harrisburg22.9 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%534

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

How far

How far West Cornwall commutes

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

33%

45%

13%

33%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Cornwall is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in West Cornwall are

1,105 jobs are based in West Cornwall. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Cornwall’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Cornwall

1,105 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs West Cornwall residents hold

899 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−22%

Jobs based in West Cornwall, 2013 → 2023: 1,417 → 1,105. 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.