Work & commute · West Manheim

Work & commute in West Manheim, PA

Most working residents leave West Manheim for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Penn (10%), Hanover (10%) and Westminster (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

115 of 4,515 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,400 West Manheim residents head out of town to work, 115 work right here, and 995 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Manheim.

4,400live here, work elsewhere

115live and work here

995work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Manheim goes to work

Penn3.8 mi away

10%461

Hanover5 mi away

10%443

Westminster, MD12.2 mi away

4%171

York18.6 mi away

3%135

Baltimore, MD35.6 mi away

3%130

West Manheim (in town)right here

3%115

West Manchester15.8 mi away

2%98

Towson, MD29.8 mi away

2%97

Cockeysville, MD24.9 mi away

2%96

Owings Mills, MD24.6 mi away

2%80

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%2,689

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

How far

How far West Manheim commutes

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

32%

26%

27%

15%

32%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Manheim is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Manheim are

1,110 jobs are based in West Manheim. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Manheim’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Manheim

1,110 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs West Manheim residents hold

4,515 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+28%

Jobs based in West Manheim, 2013 → 2023: 870 → 1,110. 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.