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Jobs & commute in Hinkletown

Work and commuting in Hinkletown

Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%. Hardly any stay in Hinkletown for work; outside it, Earl Township is the main destination (14%, 3 miles). Employers in Hinkletown report 114 jobs; 84 of its residents have a job.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Hinkletown

On a workday 84 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 114 people come in from elsewhere.

84live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
114work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night180
Workday210
180live here− 84head out to work+ 110come in to work= 210on a workday

About 210 people are in Hinkletown on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
1.36jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 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.

The commute map

Where Hinkletown goes to work

New Holland: 8 residents work here (10%)EphrataLancaster: 8 residents work here (10%)Philadelphia: 5 residents work here (6%)Earl Township: 12 residents work here (14%)Salisbury Township: 2 residents work here (2%)West Earl TownshipSwatara Township: 2 residents work here (2%)East Lampeter TownshipLeacock Township: 6 residents work here (7%)Brecknock TownshipEast Earl Township: 3 residents work here (4%)Upper Leacock Township: 4 residents work here (5%)Ephrata TownshipManheim Township: 4 residents work here (5%)HinkletownEarl TownshipNew HollandLancasterLeacock TownshipPhiladelphiaUpper Leacock TownshipHinkletown
1
Earl Township2.7 mi away
14%12
2
New Holland3.4 mi away
10%8
3
Lancaster11.9 mi away
10%8
47%6
5
Philadelphia53 mi away
6%5
65%4
7
Manheim Township10.1 mi away
5%4
84%3
92%2
10
Swatara Township36.8 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
36%30
The top trips

Where Hinkletown clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

39% of the jobs in Hinkletown make or build things

Jobs based in HinkletownJobs Hinkletown residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms39%29%
Trade, transport & utilities32%25%
Services: health, schools, offices30%46%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less11%19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%17%
Over $3,333 a month67%64%

Who does it

29 or younger35%33%
30 to 5446%44%
55 and older18%23%
+13%

Jobs based in Hinkletown, 2014 → 2024: 101 → 114. 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 Hinkletown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Hinkletown

Working from home
0%

of Hinkletown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Hinkletown gets to work
47%Drive alone
53%Bike

Share of the 30 commuters (the 0% 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

How far Hinkletown’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi60 miEarl Township: 14% · 2.7 miNew Holland: 10% · 3.4 miLancaster: 10% · 11.9 miLeacock Township: 7% · 7 miPhiladelphia: 6% · 53 miUpper Leacock Township: 5% · 5.5 miManheim Township: 5% · 10.1 miEast Earl Township: 4% · 4.9 miSalisbury Township: 2% · 9.7 miSwatara Township: 2% · 36.8 miEarl Township 14%New Holland 10%Lancaster 10%Leacock Township 7%Philadelphia 6%Hinkletown
HinkletownTop destinations (size = commuters)
52%Under 10 mi43 residents
22%10–24 mi18 residents
9%25–50 mi7 residents
17%Over 50 mi14 residents

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.

Next door

Next door to Hinkletown

Ephrata Township: few work hereEphrata TownshipHinkletown
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Jobs & commute next door

TownHinkletown workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Hinkletown–————
Ephrata Townshipunder 3%B+B+24 min$85,058

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Hinkletown’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Hinkletown: questions

What is the poverty rate in Hinkletown?

0.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Hinkletown work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Earl Township (14%, 3 mi), New Holland (10%, 3 mi), Lancaster (10%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Hinkletown without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 28% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Hinkletown, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Hinkletown

Hinkletown home →

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.