Photo: Nashmanhemi at en.wikipedia · Public domainA job hub: Smoketown has 5.8 jobs per working resident, and 948 people come in to work
Commuters spend 22 minutes getting to work on average, where Pennsylvania has 26 and the U.S. 26. Employers in Smoketown report 951 jobs, and 163 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% stay in Smoketown for work; outside it, East Lampeter Township is the main destination (11%, 0 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Smoketown by day
On a workday 160 residents head out to work and 3 work right here.
About 1,100 people are in Smoketown on a workday afternoon, 230% more 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 Smoketown’s workforce comes from
Where Smoketown 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.
In Smoketown, 38% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Smoketown, 2014 → 2024: 692 → 951. 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 Smoketown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Smoketown’s commute takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Smoketown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 119 commuters (the 17% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Smoketown
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door to Smoketown
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Smoketown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoketown | – | — | — | 22 min | $106,818 |
| Bird-in-Hand | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bird-in-Hand: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Smoketown’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 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 Smoketown: questions
What is the median household income in Smoketown?
$106,818 (±$31,691) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Smoketown?
0.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Smoketown?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Smoketown work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are East Lampeter Township (11%, 0 mi), Manheim Township (11%, 6 mi), Lancaster (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Smoketown without a car?
9% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Smoketown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Smoketown
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.