Work & commute · Wheatfield

Work & commute in Wheatfield, PA

Most working residents leave Wheatfield for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Harrisburg (10%), Penn (6%) and Hampden (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 1,411 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,383 Wheatfield residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 142 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wheatfield.

1,383live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

142work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wheatfield goes to work

Harrisburg14.2 mi away

10%146

Penn4.6 mi away

6%84

Hampden11.6 mi away

6%80

Lower Paxton16.6 mi away

5%72

Susquehanna13.4 mi away

4%62

Swatara18.8 mi away

3%49

East Pennsboro11.8 mi away

3%39

Lower Allen16.1 mi away

3%37

Silver Spring10.7 mi away

2%33

Middlesex10.4 mi away

2%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%780

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

How far

How far Wheatfield commutes

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

16%

55%

12%

16%

16%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wheatfield is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wheatfield are

170 jobs are based in Wheatfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wheatfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wheatfield

170 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Wheatfield residents hold

1,411 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+107%

Jobs based in Wheatfield, 2013 → 2023: 82 → 170. 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.