Photo: Smallbones · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Mount Joy (1.3%) is lower than in 92% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Mount Joy is better than 85% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (A). Only 6% work in Mount Joy; the top destination outside it is Lancaster (7%, 12 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 25 minutes (Pennsylvania 26, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Mount Joy, in brief
Mount Joy’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Unemployment is its strongest input; the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (9.1%, U.S. 12.5%). 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, Mount Joy could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Where people from Mount Joy work
Where Mount Joy clocks in
7% 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.
How many people are in Mount Joy by day
On a workday 3,999 residents head out to work, 265 work right here, and 2,989 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,300 people are in Mount Joy on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 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.
Factories, building and farms: 31% of the jobs in Mount Joy
3,254 jobs are based in Mount Joy.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Joy, 2013 → 2023: 2,983 → 3,254. 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 Mount Joy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Mount Joy, about 25 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Joy workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,167 commuters (the 10% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Mount Joy
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Mount Joy
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,615 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). 2.7% of Mount Joy households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Mount Joy’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 5,800 to 11,200, Mount Joy ranks 639th of 3,012 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 20 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
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| 51 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 637 | Hatboro PA | 8,593 | $113K | 4.4% | 5.6% | 4% | A− |
| 638 | Fairfield Plantation GA | 6,172 | $103K | 5.8% | 1.3% | 2% | A− |
| 639 | Mount Joy PA | 8,319 | $90K | 9.1% | 1.3% | 6% | A− |
| 640 | Union Township OH | 6,781 | $103K | 7.2% | 3.1% | 1% | A− |
| 641 | Cape St. Claire MD | 9,236 | $136K | 4.3% | 5.3% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,012 | 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 Mount Joy, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
How Mount Joy compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to East Donegal Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Joy workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Joy | – | A− | A | 25 min | $90,061 |
| Rapho Township | 2% | A− | B− | 25 min | $86,716 |
| East Donegal Township | 4% | A− | C | 24 min | $109,158 |
| Mount Joy Township | 2% | A | B− | 24 min | $97,926 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mount Joy’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 Mount Joy: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Joy?
$90,061 (±$7,177) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Joy?
9.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Joy?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Joy work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lancaster (7%, 12 mi), East Hempfield Township (7%, 7 mi), Manheim Township (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mount Joy walkable?
Mount Joy is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.7 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mount Joy without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Joy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Joy
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.