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Work & commute · Wiconisco

Work & commute in Wiconisco, PA

Most working residents leave Wiconisco for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (7%), Harrisburg (6%) and Lykens (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
3 of 447 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
27 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
3%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 444 Wiconisco residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 73 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wiconisco.

444live here, work elsewhere
3live and work here
73work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Wiconisco goes to work

WilliamstownTower CityElizabethvilleMillersburgLykensGratzCarlisleHarrisburgLower SwataraSusquehannaLower PaxtonLykensPorterUpper PaxtonHeginsJacksonWilliamsWashingtonWiconiscoWayneWashingtonHarrisburgLykensUpper PaxtonPorterGratzLower PaxtonLower SwataraSusquehannaHeginsWiconisco
1
Washington6 mi away
7%33
2
Harrisburg23.1 mi away
6%28
3
Lykens1 mi away
5%23
4
Upper Paxton11.9 mi away
4%20
5
Porter9.9 mi away
3%14
6
Gratz2.2 mi away
3%13
7
Lower Paxton18.8 mi away
3%12
8
Lower Swatara25.1 mi away
2%11
9
Susquehanna20.2 mi away
2%11
10
Hegins11.2 mi away
2%11
Everywhere elseother towns and states
61%271

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

How far

How far Wiconisco commutes

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

28%Under 10 mi
39%10–24 mi
15%25–50 mi
17%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Wiconisco is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wiconisco are

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

Jobs based in Wiconisco

76 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)13%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)64%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month47%
Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Wiconisco residents hold

447 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)30%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)54%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month63%
+58%

Jobs based in Wiconisco, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 76. 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.

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