Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0More people are out of work in Manheim (9.0%) than in 92% of U.S. towns
A typical one-way commute lasts 24 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. Manheim grades C+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. Only 7% work in Manheim itself; outside it, Lancaster draws the most (8%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Manheim stands out on work
No single place dominates Manheim’s commute
The biggest draw, Lancaster, gets only 8% of working residents, and 51% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Manheim residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Manheim makes and builds things
37% of the jobs based in Manheim are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Manheim residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. 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.
Jobs & income in Manheim: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Manheim is better than 39% of U.S. towns, #782 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Manheim’s grade up (ahead of 80% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Manheim could be anywhere from C to B+.
The towns that employ Manheim’s residents
Where Manheim clocks in
8% 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.
In Manheim, 37% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
1,572 jobs are based in Manheim.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Manheim, 2013 → 2023: 1,645 → 1,572. 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 Manheim’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Manheim by day and by night
On a workday 2,357 residents head out to work, 173 work right here, and 1,399 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,000 people are in Manheim on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.62 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Getting to work from Manheim takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Manheim workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,210 commuters (the 12% 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 in the region Manheim works
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.
Manheim is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Manheim is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns, #217 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Manheim near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,506 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). 9.3% of Manheim households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Manheim’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Manheim is 2,383rd among 3,692 U.S. towns of 3,500 to 6,700
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 70 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,381 | Wabash Township IN | 6,698 | $61K | 10.0% | 3.5% | 15% | C+ |
| 2,382 | Gray GA | 3,567 | $73K | 7.4% | 7.0% | 13% | C+ |
| 2,383 | Manheim PA | 4,977 | $81K | 16.2% | 9.0% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,384 | Gorham NY | 4,087 | $65K | 9.4% | 4.8% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,385 | Springfield Township OH | 5,487 | $53K | 12.0% | 3.2% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,692 | 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 Manheim, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Manheim and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Penn Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Manheim workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manheim | – | C+ | A | 24 min | $81,273 |
| Penn Township | 6% | A | C+ | 25 min | $87,620 |
| Rapho Township | 2% | A− | B− | 25 min | $86,716 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Manheim’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 Manheim: questions
What is the median household income in Manheim?
$81,273 (±$8,663) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Manheim?
16.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Manheim?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Manheim work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lancaster (8%, 10 mi), Manheim Township (8%, 7 mi), Penn Township (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Manheim walkable?
Manheim is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.1 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Manheim without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Manheim, from the people who make the trip.
More of Manheim
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.