Scotland has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
26% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. 201 jobs are based in Scotland; 513 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Scotland; the top destination outside it is Chambersburg (20%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Scotland, in brief
Scotland and Chambersburg trade workers both ways
Chambersburg is the top workplace for Scotland residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Scotland come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A lot of Scotland works from home
26% of Scotland workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 513 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Scotland goes to work
Where Scotland clocks in
20% 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.
How long Scotland spends getting to work: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Scotland workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 441 commuters (the 26% 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.
Who works in Scotland, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 509 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 197 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Scotland on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
What Scotland’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Scotland, 2014 → 2024: 295 → 201. 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 Scotland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Scotland
About 22% 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 Scotland: questions
What is the median household income in Scotland?
$70,096 (±$11,444) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Scotland?
14.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Scotland?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Scotland work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chambersburg (20%, 5 mi), Guilford Township (9%, 6 mi), Greene Township (7%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Scotland without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Scotland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Scotland
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.