Dauphin has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in Dauphin for work; outside it, Harrisburg is the main destination (15%, 7 miles). There are 39 jobs in Dauphin, and 336 of its residents work somewhere. The average commute takes 19 minutes each way; Pennsylvania averages 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Dauphin: the figures worth knowing
Dauphin is a place people come home to
There are 39 jobs based in Dauphin, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Dauphin has about 490 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Dauphin are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 54 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 336 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Dauphin by day and by night
On a workday 334 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in Dauphin on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
About 19 minutes each way for Dauphin’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dauphin workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 404 commuters (the 17% 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.
Where the trip to work from Dauphin ends
Where Dauphin clocks in
15% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Dauphin
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dauphin, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 39. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dauphin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Dauphin
About 18% 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.
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 Dauphin: questions
What is the median household income in Dauphin?
$45,625 (±$39,519) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dauphin?
12.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dauphin?
19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dauphin work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harrisburg (15%, 7 mi), Susquehanna Township (8%, 5 mi), Derry Township (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dauphin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dauphin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dauphin
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.