How Queens Gate works: jobs, income and commuting
Employers in Queens Gate report 935 jobs, and 791 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% work in Queens Gate itself; outside it, York draws the most (11%, 3 miles). The average commute takes 15 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Queens Gate
Commutes from Queens Gate are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker, and quicker than any town next door (20 to 34 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Many jobs in Queens Gate pay little
31% of the jobs based in Queens Gate pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 36% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Queens Gate
62% of Queens Gate residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 41% of the jobs based in Queens Gate pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. 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; with 791 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Getting to work from Queens Gate takes about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Queens Gate workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 776 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Queens Gate
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Queens Gate, 2013 → 2023: 909 → 935. 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 Queens Gate’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Queens Gate for work, and who comes in
On a workday 778 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 922 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 (1.18 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.
The towns that employ Queens Gate’s residents
Where Queens Gate clocks in
11% of workers
9% 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 distance from Queens Gate to work
About 16% 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.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The towns around Queens Gate
The biggest share goes to Spring Garden Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Queens Gate workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queens Gate | – | — | — | 15 min | $41,202 |
| Spring Garden Township | 5% | B+ | A+ | 20 min | $102,686 |
| Tyler Run | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Valley View | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Tyler Run and Valley View: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Queens Gate’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 Queens Gate: questions
What is the median household income in Queens Gate?
$41,202 (±$12,049) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Queens Gate?
24.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Queens Gate?
15 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Queens Gate work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are York (11%, 3 mi), York Township (9%, 2 mi), Springettsbury Township (8%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Queens Gate 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 Queens Gate, from the people who make the trip.
More of Queens Gate
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.