Photo: Hicksco2 at English Wikipedia · Public domainMost of Rockhill commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Rockhill itself; outside it, Cromwell Township draws the most (9%, 0 miles). 34 jobs are based in Rockhill, and 164 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 3% of workers, against 16% across Pennsylvania.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Rockhill on a workday
On a workday 163 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Rockhill on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Rockhill’s working residents head each day
Where Rockhill clocks in
9% of workers
7% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Rockhill
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rockhill, 2014 → 2024: 6 → 34. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rockhill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Rockhill: about 41 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rockhill workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 198 commuters (the 3% 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.
How many miles Rockhill commutes
About 21% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Rockhill: questions
What is the median household income in Rockhill?
$74,107 (±$19,389) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rockhill?
5.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rockhill?
41 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rockhill work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cromwell Township (9%, 0 mi), Shirley Township (7%, 8 mi), Ayr Township (7%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Rockhill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rockhill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rockhill
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.