Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of State Line commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
For 6% of workers, the job is at home, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole. State Line has 476 jobs; 1,247 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in State Line for work; outside it, Antrim Township is the main destination (11%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
State Line at work: what stands out
Stores, warehouses and trucking
79% of the jobs in State Line are in trade, transport and utilities, against 27% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in State Line pay over $40,000 a year
75% of the jobs based in State Line pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
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.
75% of the jobs in State Line pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in State Line, 2013 → 2023: 445 → 476. 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 State Line’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of State Line on a workday
On a workday 1,242 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 471 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in State Line on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 State Line’s working residents head each day
Where State Line clocks in
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.
Time on the road from State Line: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of State Line workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,497 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from State Line
About 26% 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.
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 State Line: questions
What is the median household income in State Line?
$85,913 (±$15,547) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in State Line?
7.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from State Line?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in State Line work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Antrim Township (11%, 7 mi), Chambersburg (9%, 14 mi), Greencastle (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around State Line without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from State Line, from the people who make the trip.
More of State Line
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.