Maytown has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Maytown has 238 jobs, against 2,051 working residents. Only 1% stay in Maytown for work; outside it, Lancaster is the main destination (7%, 14 miles). The trip to work takes 23 minutes on average, next to 26 for Pennsylvania and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Maytown and work: the main findings
Maytown by day and by night
On a workday 2,025 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 212 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Maytown on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer 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.
Where the trip to work from Maytown ends
Where Maytown 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.
The kinds of work in Maytown
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maytown, 2013 → 2023: 148 → 238. 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 Maytown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes to work from Maytown
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maytown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,168 commuters (the 15% 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.
Miles to work from Maytown
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 Maytown: questions
What is the median household income in Maytown?
$119,097 (±$20,117) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maytown?
3.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maytown?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maytown work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lancaster (7%, 14 mi), East Donegal Township (7%, 0 mi), East Hempfield Township (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Maytown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Maytown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maytown
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.