Photo: Smallbones · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Lititz (1.8%) is lower than in 87% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Lititz itself; outside it, Lancaster draws the most (10%, 8 miles). For jobs and income Lititz is better than 92% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (A). 8% of workers have no commute at all; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Lititz
Lititz trades workers with the towns around it
Lititz has about as many jobs (4,168) as working residents (4,467), but they are mostly different people: 3,991 residents leave for work each day while 3,692 people come in. Only 11% of the jobs in Lititz are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Most Lititz residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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.
Inside Lititz’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment is its strongest input; household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($88,576, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lititz could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
A workday in Lititz: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 3,991 residents head out to work, 476 work right here, and 3,692 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Lititz
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 places Lititz commutes to
Where Lititz clocks in
10% of workers
7% 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.
In Lititz, 31% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
4,168 jobs are based in Lititz.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lititz, 2013 → 2023: 4,492 → 4,168. 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 Lititz’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Lititz
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lititz workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,543 commuters (the 8% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Lititz
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,925 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% 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). 6.8% of Lititz households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Lititz’s commuters take a bus or train.
334th of 2,780: where Lititz ranks among U.S. towns of 6,800 to 13,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 332 | East Kapolei HI | 7,551 | $119K | 5.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A |
| 333 | Harrison TN | 8,011 | $89K | 3.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A |
| 334 | Lititz PA | 9,689 | $89K | 4.1% | 1.8% | 11% | A |
| 335 | Penn Township PA | 10,693 | $88K | 4.7% | 0.8% | 10% | A |
| 336 | Blackhawk CA | 10,137 | $245K | 5.6% | 3.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,780 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Lititz, 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 Lititz: questions
What is the median household income in Lititz?
$88,576 (±$9,916) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lititz?
4.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lititz?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lititz work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lancaster (10%, 8 mi), Manheim Township (10%, 4 mi), Warwick Township (7%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lititz walkable?
Lititz is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.7 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lititz without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lititz, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lititz
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.