Progress has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working residents average 22 minutes each way (Pennsylvania 26, U.S. 26). Only 2% work in Progress; the top destination outside it is Harrisburg (16%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Progress
Fewer jobs are based in Progress than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Progress fell from 5,729 in 2013 to 2,501 in 2023, −56%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Most Progress residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. 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.
What the 2,501 jobs in Progress are
2,501 jobs are based in Progress. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Progress’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Progress, 2013 → 2023: 5,729 → 2,501. 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.
Half of Progress commutes less than 7 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 17% 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.
Progress quiets down on a workday
On a workday 4,977 residents head out to work, 95 work right here, and 2,406 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,400 people are in Progress on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.49 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.
16% of working residents work in Harrisburg
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Progress clocks in
16% of workers
10% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 22 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Progress workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,000 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Progress and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of Progress’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Progress workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progress | – | — | — | 22 min | $73,030 |
| Penbrook | under 3% | B− | A | 20 min | $62,312 |
| Colonial Park | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Colonial Park: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Progress: questions
What is the median household income in Progress?
$73,030 (±$9,967) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Progress?
10.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Progress?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Progress work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harrisburg (16%, 3 mi), Susquehanna Township (10%, 2 mi), Lower Paxton Township (9%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Progress without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Progress, from the people who make the trip.
More of Progress
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.