Jobs and earnings in Rohrerstown, and the trip to work
Home is the office for 5% of workers; Pennsylvania has 16%. Hardly any stay in Rohrerstown for work; outside it, Lancaster is the main destination (15%, 3 miles). A typical one-way commute from Rohrerstown lasts 12 minutes (Pennsylvania 26, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Rohrerstown and work: the main findings
Commutes from Rohrerstown are quick
The average trip to work takes 12 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 107 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
Most Rohrerstown residents work close to home
63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. 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; with 228 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
About 12 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rohrerstown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 385 commuters (the 5% 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 far Rohrerstown’s workers travel
About 15% 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.
Who commutes out of Rohrerstown, and who commutes in
On a workday 228 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 132 people come in from elsewhere.
About 610 people are in Rohrerstown on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.58 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.
Where the trip to work from Rohrerstown ends
Where Rohrerstown clocks in
13% of workers
10% 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.
What the 132 jobs in Rohrerstown are
132 jobs are based in Rohrerstown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rohrerstown, 2013 → 2023: 116 → 132. 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 Rohrerstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Rohrerstown: questions
What is the median household income in Rohrerstown?
$56,773 (±$22,780) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rohrerstown?
19.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rohrerstown?
12 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rohrerstown work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lancaster (15%, 3 mi), East Hempfield Township (13%, 2 mi), Manheim Township (10%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rohrerstown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rohrerstown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rohrerstown
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.