Work & commute · West Donegal

Work & commute in West Donegal, PA

Most working residents leave West Donegal for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Derry (9%), Elizabethtown (6%) and Lancaster (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

416 of 3,964 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

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,548 West Donegal residents head out of town to work, 416 work right here, and 5,915 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Donegal.

3,548live here, work elsewhere

416live and work here

5,915work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Donegal goes to work

West Donegal (in town)right here

10%416

Derry9.6 mi away

9%337

Elizabethtown1.9 mi away

6%233

Lancaster18 mi away

5%181

Mount Joy4.5 mi away

4%172

Manheim17.3 mi away

3%137

East Hempfield12.9 mi away

3%135

Harrisburg17.2 mi away

3%116

Mount Joy6.2 mi away

2%81

Lower Swatara9.4 mi away

2%77

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%2,079

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

How far

How far West Donegal commutes

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

35%

46%

13%

35%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Donegal is a job hub

1.60jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Donegal are

6,331 jobs are based in West Donegal. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Donegal’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Donegal

6,331 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities58%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs West Donegal residents hold

3,964 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+77%

Jobs based in West Donegal, 2013 → 2023: 3,577 → 6,331. 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.