Photo: Dough4872 · CC BY-SA 4.0Camp Hill’s household incomes are higher than in 86% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 34% of workers, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole. 6.6% of residents are in poverty, next to 11.7% for Pennsylvania as a whole. Jobs and income earn Camp Hill A; getting around on foot earns it A.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Camp Hill apart
Camp Hill trades workers with the towns around it
Camp Hill has about as many jobs (3,674) as working residents (3,653), but they are mostly different people: 3,461 residents leave for work each day while 3,482 people come in. Only 5% of the jobs in Camp Hill are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Camp Hill works from home
34% of Camp Hill workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
Most Camp Hill residents work close to home
62% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Camp Hill
69% of Camp Hill residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 50% of the jobs based in Camp Hill pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Camp Hill are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Camp Hill
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Camp Hill is better than 94% of U.S. towns, #96 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Household income is its strongest input ($115,761, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Camp Hill could be anywhere from A− to A+.
How many people are in Camp Hill by day
On a workday 3,461 residents head out to work, 192 work right here, and 3,482 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting from Camp Hill: about 21 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Camp Hill workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,755 commuters (the 34% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far it is to work from Camp Hill
About 17% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Jobs in Camp Hill: what the 3,674 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Camp Hill, 2014 → 2024: 4,303 → 3,674. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Camp Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
14% of working residents work in Harrisburg
Where Camp Hill clocks in
14% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Camp Hill is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Camp Hill is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns, #238 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,194 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 87% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 29% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.6% of Camp Hill households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Camp Hill’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Camp Hill is 288th of 3,034 U.S. towns of 5,700 to 11,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 286 | North Star DE | 7,834 | $151K | 3.5% | 3.1% | 4% | A |
| 287 | Sunset Hills MO | 9,075 | $138K | 3.7% | 4.1% | 5% | A |
| 288 | Camp Hill PA | 8,199 | $116K | 6.6% | 2.0% | 5% | A |
| 289 | Seward Township IL | 6,806 | $122K | 7.6% | 1.6% | 1% | A |
| 290 | Washington WI | 7,478 | $110K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,034 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Camp Hill, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door is work for 19% of Camp Hill
The biggest share goes to Hampden Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Camp Hill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Hill | – | A | A | 21 min | $115,761 |
| East Pennsboro Township | 6% | B+ | B+ | 21 min | $83,388 |
| Lower Allen Township | 6% | A− | B+ | 25 min | $91,678 |
| Lemoyne | under 3% | B | A | 21 min | $62,086 |
| Hampden Township | 7% | A− | B+ | 23 min | $105,434 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Camp Hill’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Camp Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Camp Hill?
$115,761 (±$10,154) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Camp Hill?
6.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Camp Hill?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 34% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Camp Hill work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harrisburg (14%, 3 mi), Hampden Township (7%, 3 mi), Lower Allen Township (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Camp Hill walkable?
Camp Hill is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 15.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Camp Hill without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 29% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Camp Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Camp Hill
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.