Work & commute · Wrightsville

Work & commute in Wrightsville, PA

Most working residents leave Wrightsville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Springettsbury (7%), Hellam (7%) and York (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 1,036 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,015 Wrightsville residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 594 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wrightsville.

1,015live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

594work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wrightsville goes to work

Springettsbury8 mi away

7%75

Hellam3.4 mi away

7%69

York11.4 mi away

6%61

East Hempfield8.8 mi away

6%60

West Manchester14.9 mi away

5%50

York11.1 mi away

3%36

Manchester12 mi away

3%34

Manheim13.2 mi away

3%34

West Hempfield3.9 mi away

3%28

Spring Garden11.6 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%564

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

How far

How far Wrightsville commutes

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

38%

39%

10%

13%

38%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wrightsville is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wrightsville are

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

Jobs based in Wrightsville

615 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Wrightsville residents hold

1,036 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−9%

Jobs based in Wrightsville, 2013 → 2023: 673 → 615. 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.