Work & commute · York

Work & commute in York, PA

Most working residents leave York for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Springettsbury (10%), Manchester (8%) and West Manchester (7%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

2,517 of 18,173 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15,656 York residents head out of town to work, 2,517 work right here, and 20,713 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in York.

15,656live here, work elsewhere

2,517live and work here

20,713work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where York goes to work

York (in town)right here

14%2,517

Springettsbury3.4 mi away

10%1,734

Manchester3.8 mi away

8%1,460

West Manchester3.5 mi away

7%1,299

Spring Garden1.6 mi away

5%836

York4.7 mi away

3%577

Conewago7.7 mi away

3%511

East Manchester5.7 mi away

2%352

Harrisburg23 mi away

2%283

North York0.9 mi away

2%273

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%8,331

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

How far

How far York commutes

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

57%

18%

17%

57%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

York is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in York are

23,230 jobs are based in York. Here is what they are, next to the jobs York’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in York

23,230 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs York residents hold

18,173 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−2%

Jobs based in York, 2013 → 2023: 23,799 → 23,230. 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.