With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Cross Roads works elsewhere
12 jobs are based in Cross Roads for 238 working residents. Only 2% stay in Cross Roads for work; outside it, York is the main destination (6%, 13 miles). The trip to work takes 37 minutes on average, next to 26 for Pennsylvania and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Cross Roads apart on work
Cross Roads is a place people come home to
There are 12 jobs based in Cross Roads, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cross Roads has about 310 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Cross Roads workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 238 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Cross Roads
On a workday 234 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Cross Roads on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
From Cross Roads, about 37 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cross Roads workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 214 commuters (the 13% 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.
Commuting out of Cross Roads: the destinations
Where Cross Roads clocks in
6% of workers
5% 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.
A place that makes things: 92% of Cross Roads’ jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cross Roads’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Cross Roads
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work in the towns next to Cross Roads
The biggest share goes to East Hopewell Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cross Roads workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Roads | – | — | — | 37 min | $98,333 |
| East Hopewell Township | 3% | A− | D | 38 min | $108,864 |
| North Hopewell Township | under 3% | A− | D | 33 min | $109,342 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cross Roads’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 2023, 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 Cross Roads: questions
What is the median household income in Cross Roads?
$98,333 (±$28,414) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cross Roads?
3.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cross Roads?
37 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cross Roads work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are York (6%, 13 mi), York Township (5%, 8 mi), West Manchester Township (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cross Roads without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cross Roads, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cross Roads
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.