Mitchell-Shook House · Photo: Smallbones · CC0Fewer people are out of work in Greencastle (3.0%) than in 70% of U.S. towns
Commuters spend 18 minutes getting to work on average; the Pennsylvania average is 26, the U.S. 26. Greencastle grades B for jobs and income and A for walkability. About one in ten work in Greencastle itself; outside it, Antrim Township draws the most (10%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Greencastle
A lot of Greencastle workers cross into Maryland
18% of Greencastle workers work outside Pennsylvania, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Hagerstown (6%), Fountainhead-Orchard Hills (4%) and Robinwood (3%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Greencastle are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 61 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.
How Greencastle earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Greencastle is better than 63% of U.S. towns, #540 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment holds Greencastle’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 44% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Greencastle could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Where Greencastle goes to work
Where Greencastle clocks in
7% 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.
A commute of about 18 minutes in Greencastle
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greencastle workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,843 commuters (the 11% 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.
Who commutes out of Greencastle, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,689 residents head out to work, 216 work right here, and 2,437 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,000 people are in Greencastle on a workday afternoon, 18% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Jobs in Greencastle: what the 2,653 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greencastle, 2013 → 2023: 2,565 → 2,653. 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 Greencastle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Greencastle 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.
In Greencastle, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Greencastle is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns, #245 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Greencastle 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 2,070 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.8% of Greencastle households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Greencastle’s commuters take a bus or train.
Greencastle next to U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,700: 1,478th of 3,962 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,476 | Allamuchy Township NJ | 5,484 | $132K | 6.2% | 10.0% | 5% | B |
| 1,477 | Adamsville AL | 4,178 | $63K | 11.4% | 2.0% | 2% | B |
| 1,478 | Greencastle PA | 4,222 | $77K | 6.9% | 3.0% | 11% | B |
| 1,479 | Chester CT | 3,726 | $109K | 11.8% | 4.8% | 11% | B |
| 1,480 | Wright Township MI | 3,185 | $87K | 11.4% | 4.3% | 7% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,962 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Greencastle, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
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 Greencastle: questions
What is the median household income in Greencastle?
$77,419 (±$9,470) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greencastle?
6.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greencastle?
18 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greencastle work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Antrim Township (10%, 3 mi), Chambersburg (7%, 10 mi), Hagerstown (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Greencastle walkable?
Greencastle is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.8 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Greencastle without a car?
<1% 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 Greencastle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greencastle
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.