Photo: Dougtone · CC BY-SA 2.0A job hub: Lemoyne has 2.0 jobs per working resident, and 4,171 people come in to work
For jobs and income Lemoyne is better than 61% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (A). Employers in Lemoyne report 4,267 jobs; 2,136 of its residents have a job. Only 4% stay in Lemoyne for work; outside it, Harrisburg is the main destination (14%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lemoyne and work: the main findings
Lemoyne is where the jobs are
Lemoyne has 4,267 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 6,900 people are in town, 44% more than the 4,800 who live here. Day and night ↓
Most Lemoyne residents work close to home
66% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Commutes from Lemoyne are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 38 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.
Jobs & income in Lemoyne: the grade in detail
Job access by car holds Lemoyne’s grade up (ahead of 87% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($62,086, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lemoyne could be anywhere from C to A.
Who leaves Lemoyne for work, and who comes in
On a workday 2,040 residents head out to work and 96 work right here.
About 6,900 people are in Lemoyne on a workday afternoon, 44% 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.
How many miles Lemoyne commutes
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.
The trip to work from Lemoyne: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lemoyne workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,514 commuters (the 9% 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.
Where Lemoyne’s workers come from
Where Lemoyne clocks in
14% 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.
The kinds of work in Lemoyne
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lemoyne, 2013 → 2023: 4,153 → 4,267. 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 Lemoyne’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Lemoyne
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,771 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 6.5% of Lemoyne households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Lemoyne’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,753 U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,500, Lemoyne comes 1,608th 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 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 24 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 30 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,606 | Warren Township OH | 3,853 | $83K | 6.4% | 2.7% | 5% | B |
| 1,607 | Glenwood IA | 5,287 | $72K | 11.8% | 2.7% | 24% | B |
| 1,608 | Lemoyne PA | 4,801 | $62K | 12.5% | 2.8% | 4% | B |
| 1,609 | North Manheim Township PA | 4,234 | $88K | 4.4% | 6.4% | 7% | B |
| 1,610 | Finley WA | 5,634 | $92K | 5.1% | 5.8% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,753 | 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 Lemoyne, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
20% of Lemoyne works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lemoyne workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lemoyne | – | B | A | 21 min | $62,086 |
| Harrisburg | 14% | C− | A+ | 20 min | $48,099 |
| Wormleysburg | under 4% | B+ | A− | 22 min | $88,250 |
| Lower Allen Township | 6% | A− | B+ | 25 min | $91,678 |
| New Cumberland | under 4% | B+ | A− | 18 min | $82,154 |
| Camp Hill | under 4% | A | A | 21 min | $115,761 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Harrisburg. Darker towns draw more of Lemoyne’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 Lemoyne: questions
What is the median household income in Lemoyne?
$62,086 (±$12,040) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lemoyne?
12.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lemoyne?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lemoyne work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harrisburg (14%, 2 mi), Hampden Township (6%, 4 mi), Lower Allen Township (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lemoyne walkable?
Lemoyne is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 16.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lemoyne without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lemoyne, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lemoyne
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.