Work & commute · West Earl

Work & commute in West Earl, PA

Most working residents leave West Earl for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Upper Leacock (7%), Manheim (7%) and Lancaster (7%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

230 of 3,517 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 3,287 West Earl residents head out of town to work, 230 work right here, and 3,272 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Earl.

3,287live here, work elsewhere

230live and work here

3,272work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Earl goes to work

Upper Leacock3.2 mi away

7%259

Manheim6.5 mi away

7%251

Lancaster8.5 mi away

7%244

West Earl (in town)right here

7%230

East Lampeter6.4 mi away

5%186

Earl4.7 mi away

4%138

New Holland5.3 mi away

3%113

East Hempfield11 mi away

3%108

Warwick5.5 mi away

3%89

Ephrata3.6 mi away

3%89

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%1,810

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

How far

How far West Earl commutes

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

59%

17%

13%

11%

59%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Earl is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in West Earl are

3,502 jobs are based in West Earl. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Earl’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Earl

3,502 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs West Earl residents hold

3,517 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+36%

Jobs based in West Earl, 2013 → 2023: 2,573 → 3,502. 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.