Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Seven Valleys commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Seven Valleys report 44 jobs; 257 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Seven Valleys; the top destination outside it is York (11%, 8 miles). 6% of workers have no commute at all; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Seven Valleys at work: what stands out
Seven Valleys by day and by night
On a workday 257 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Seven Valleys on a workday afternoon, 45% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Seven Valleys’ working residents head each day
Where Seven Valleys clocks in
11% 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.
Jobs in Seven Valleys: what the 44 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Seven Valleys, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 44. 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 Seven Valleys’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Seven Valleys spends getting to work: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Seven Valleys workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 331 commuters (the 6% 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.
Miles to work from Seven Valleys
About 18% 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.
Next door to Seven Valleys
The biggest share goes to North Codorus Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Seven Valleys workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Valleys | – | — | — | 29 min | $73,798 |
| North Codorus Township | 3% | A | D | 26 min | $98,061 |
| Springfield Township | under 3% | B+ | C | 27 min | $122,188 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Seven Valleys’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 Seven Valleys: questions
What is the median household income in Seven Valleys?
$73,798 (±$15,674) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Seven Valleys?
3.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Seven Valleys?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Seven Valleys work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are York (11%, 8 mi), West Manchester Township (7%, 6 mi), Penn Township (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Seven Valleys without a car?
0% 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 Seven Valleys, from the people who make the trip.
More of Seven Valleys
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.