Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0A job hub: Intercourse has 2.4 jobs per working resident, and 1,122 people come in to work
The average commute takes 12 minutes each way, where Pennsylvania has 26 and the U.S. 26. Employers in Intercourse report 1,160 jobs, and 475 of its residents work somewhere. About one in ten work in Intercourse itself; outside it, Leacock Township draws the most (25%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Intercourse, in a few figures
Intercourse is where the jobs are
Intercourse has 1,160 jobs, 2.4 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,300 people are in town, 43% more than the 1,600 who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Intercourse are quick
The average trip to work takes 12 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 107 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
51% of the jobs in Intercourse are in trade, transport and utilities, against 27% of the jobs its residents hold. 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; with 475 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Intercourse: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 437 residents head out to work and 38 work right here.
About 2,300 people are in Intercourse on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
The trip to work from Intercourse: about 12 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Intercourse workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 578 commuters (the 20% 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.
Intercourse works in goods: 28% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Intercourse, 2013 → 2023: 734 → 1,160. 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 Intercourse’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that send workers to Intercourse
Where Intercourse clocks in
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.
How far Intercourse goes to work
About 15% 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 Intercourse: questions
What is the median household income in Intercourse?
$84,318 (±$33,200) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Intercourse?
0.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Intercourse?
12 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Intercourse work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Leacock Township (25%, 1 mi), Earl Township (6%, 5 mi), Salisbury Township (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Intercourse without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Intercourse, from the people who make the trip.
More of Intercourse
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.