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Seven Valleys, Pennsylvania (8483045431)Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Jobs & commute in Seven Valleys

Most 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

What stands out

Seven Valleys at work: what stands out

★ What stands out · Day and night

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.

257live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
44work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night470
Workday260
470live here− 260head out to work+ 44come in to work= 260on a workday

About 260 people are in Seven Valleys on a workday afternoon, 45% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.17jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Where Seven Valleys’ working residents head each day

JeffersonMill HallSeven ValleysRed LionShrewsburyHanover: 7 residents work here (3%)York: 28 residents work here (11%)Peach Bottom TownshipDover TownshipJackson TownshipYork Township: 8 residents work here (3%)Springfield TownshipWest Manchester Township: 17 residents work here (7%)Spring Garden Township: 6 residents work here (2%)Penn Township: 12 residents work here (5%)Springettsbury Township: 8 residents work here (3%)Manchester Township: 12 residents work here (5%)Manheim TownshipNorth Codorus Township: 7 residents work here (3%)Towson: 6 residents work here (2%)YorkWest Manchester TownshipPenn TownshipManchester TownshipYork TownshipSpringettsbury TownshipSeven Valleys
1
York7.8 mi away
11%28
27%17
3
Penn Township11.2 mi away
5%12
45%12
5
York Township6 mi away
3%8
63%8
7
Hanover11.9 mi away
3%7
92%6
10
Towson, MD32.8 mi away
2%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
57%146
The top trips

Where Seven Valleys clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Jobs in Seven Valleys: what the 44 are

Jobs based in Seven ValleysJobs Seven Valleys residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms9%32%
Trade, transport & utilities39%19%
Services: health, schools, offices52%49%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less25%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%21%
Over $3,333 a month48%68%

Who does it

29 or younger23%19%
30 to 5450%53%
55 and older27%28%
−4%

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.

Time on the road

How long Seven Valleys spends getting to work: about 29 minutes

A year of commuting
222 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Seven Valleys29 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
7%

of Seven Valleys workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Seven Valleys gets to work
80%Drive alone
11%Carpool
10%Walk

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.

How far

Miles to work from Seven Valleys

10 mi25 mi40 miYork: 11% · 7.8 miWest Manchester Township: 7% · 6.4 miPenn Township: 5% · 11.2 miManchester Township: 5% · 11.1 miYork Township: 3% · 6 miSpringettsbury Township: 3% · 10.5 miHanover: 3% · 11.9 miNorth Codorus Township: 3% · 3 miSpring Garden Township: 2% · 6.5 miTowson: 2% · 32.8 miYork 11%West Manchester Township 7%Penn Township 5%Manchester Township 5%York Township 3%Seven Valleys
Seven ValleysTop destinations (size = commuters)
40%Under 10 mi100 residents
22%10–24 mi54 residents
20%25–50 mi51 residents
18%Over 50 mi44 residents

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

Next door to Seven Valleys

The biggest share goes to North Codorus Township (3%).

North Codorus Township: 3% of workers work hereSpringfield Township: few work hereNorth Codorus TownshipSpringfield TownshipSeven Valleys
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

North Codorus Township26 min
Springfield Township27 min
Seven Valleys29 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownSeven Valleys workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Seven Valleys–——29 min$73,798
North Codorus Township3%AD26 min$98,061
Springfield Townshipunder 3%B+C27 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

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.

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Beyond the commute

More of Seven Valleys

Seven Valleys home →

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.