Photo: Bubba73 · CC BY-SA 3.0A job hub: Gettysburg has 1.9 jobs per working resident, and 4,418 people come in to work
Gettysburg has 4,940 jobs, and 2,551 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Gettysburg C; getting around on foot earns it A+. Measured by household income, Gettysburg is behind 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Gettysburg at work: what stands out
No single place dominates Gettysburg’s commute
The biggest draw, Cumberland Township, gets only 5% of working residents, and 60% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Gettysburg residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Gettysburg are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
Gettysburg is where the jobs are
Gettysburg has 4,940 jobs, 1.9 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Nearly all the work in Gettysburg is services
88% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 3% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
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.
Where Gettysburg’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Gettysburg is better than 26% of U.S. towns, #899 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Gettysburg’s grade up (ahead of 57% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($54,365, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Gettysburg could be anywhere from D to B.
Who travels to work in Gettysburg, and from where
Where Gettysburg clocks in
2% 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.
Time on the road from Gettysburg: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gettysburg workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,329 commuters (the 10% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Gettysburg
On a workday 2,029 residents head out to work and 522 work right here.
About 11,000 people are in Gettysburg on a workday afternoon, 29% more 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.
Most jobs in Gettysburg are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gettysburg, 2013 → 2023: 5,628 → 4,940. 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 Gettysburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Gettysburg works
About 27% 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.
Gettysburg is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gettysburg is among the most walkable U.S. towns, #1 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Gettysburg near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,704 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 77% 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). 10.6% of Gettysburg households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Gettysburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Gettysburg is 2,355th of 2,947 U.S. towns of 5,900 to 11,300
| # | 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+ |
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| 20 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,353 | Timberlane LA | 10,886 | $66K | 25.1% | 11.2% | 2% | C |
| 2,354 | Monett MO | 10,248 | $49K | 15.2% | 3.9% | 39% | C |
| 2,355 | Gettysburg PA | 8,365 | $54K | 14.1% | 5.7% | 20% | C |
| 2,356 | College Place WA | 9,923 | $62K | 11.3% | 6.4% | 13% | C |
| 2,357 | Indian River Estates FL | 7,685 | $64K | 20.7% | 5.9% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,947 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Gettysburg, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
How Gettysburg compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Cumberland Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gettysburg workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gettysburg | – | C | A+ | 16 min | $54,365 |
| Cumberland Township | 5% | B | B | 24 min | $83,021 |
| Straban Township | 4% | B+ | B+ | 27 min | $88,438 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Gettysburg’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 Gettysburg: questions
What is the median household income in Gettysburg?
$54,365 (±$8,047) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gettysburg?
14.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gettysburg?
16 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gettysburg work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cumberland Township (5%, 2 mi), Straban Township (4%, 5 mi), Hanover (2%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gettysburg walkable?
Gettysburg is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 16.7 out of 20, and 38% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gettysburg without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gettysburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gettysburg
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. 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.