Photo: Public domain · Public domainKlingerstown has 4.9 jobs for every working resident: 201 people commute in to work
Home is the office for 29% of workers, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole. 201 jobs are based in Klingerstown for 41 working residents. Hardly any work in Klingerstown; the top destination outside it is Washington Township (7%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Klingerstown by day and by night
On a workday 41 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 270 people are in Klingerstown on a workday afternoon, 152% 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.
Commuting in to Klingerstown: where workers come from
Where Klingerstown clocks in
7% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
Klingerstown makes things: 81% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Klingerstown, 2013 → 2023: 245 → 201. 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 Klingerstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Klingerstown: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Klingerstown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 34 commuters (the 29% 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.
Klingerstown’s commute, mile by mile
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How Klingerstown compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Klingerstown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klingerstown | – | — | — | 21 min | $36,719 |
| Jordan Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Lykens Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Jordan Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Lykens Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Klingerstown’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 Klingerstown: questions
What is the median household income in Klingerstown?
$36,719 (±$17,092) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Klingerstown?
16.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Klingerstown?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Klingerstown work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington Township (7%, 9 mi), Carlisle (5%, 42 mi), Harrisburg (5%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Klingerstown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Klingerstown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Klingerstown
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.