Work & commute · West Lampeter

Work & commute in West Lampeter, PA

Most working residents leave West Lampeter for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Lancaster (14%), Manheim (7%) and East Lampeter (7%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

639 of 6,966 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 6,327 West Lampeter residents head out of town to work, 639 work right here, and 4,164 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Lampeter.

6,327live here, work elsewhere

639live and work here

4,164work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Lampeter goes to work

Lancaster4.1 mi away

14%957

West Lampeter (in town)right here

9%639

Manheim7 mi away

7%511

East Lampeter3.8 mi away

7%489

East Hempfield9.1 mi away

5%342

Upper Leacock7.2 mi away

3%189

Philadelphia59.5 mi away

2%110

Strasburg3.9 mi away

1%101

West Hempfield12.1 mi away

1%100

Lancaster4.1 mi away

1%90

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%3,438

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

How far

How far West Lampeter commutes

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

57%

16%

14%

13%

57%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Lampeter is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Lampeter are

4,803 jobs are based in West Lampeter. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Lampeter’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Lampeter

4,803 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs West Lampeter residents hold

6,966 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+20%

Jobs based in West Lampeter, 2013 → 2023: 4,012 → 4,803. 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.