Stonybrook at work: jobs, income and the commute
A typical one-way commute lasts 25 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. Only 1% stay in Stonybrook for work; outside it, Springettsbury Township is the main destination (15%, 2 miles). For 9% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across Pennsylvania.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Stonybrook and work: the main findings
Stonybrook makes and builds things
75% of the jobs based in Stonybrook are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Stonybrook residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
Stonybrook trades workers with the towns around it
Stonybrook has about as many jobs (1,651) as working residents (1,405), but they are mostly different people: 1,385 residents leave for work each day while 1,631 people come in. Only 1% of the jobs in Stonybrook are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
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.
In Stonybrook, 75% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
1,651 jobs are based in Stonybrook.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stonybrook, 2013 → 2023: 1,338 → 1,651. 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 Stonybrook’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Stonybrook
On a workday 1,385 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 1,631 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).
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 towns that employ Stonybrook’s residents
Where Stonybrook clocks in
10% 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.
Stonybrook’s commute takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stonybrook workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,532 commuters (the 9% 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 Stonybrook
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.
The towns around Stonybrook
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stonybrook workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stonybrook | – | — | — | 25 min | $126,029 |
| Windsor Township | under 2% | A− | D | 24 min | $95,700 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Stonybrook’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 Stonybrook: questions
What is the median household income in Stonybrook?
$126,029 (±$40,996) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stonybrook?
2.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stonybrook?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stonybrook work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springettsbury Township (15%, 2 mi), York (10%, 6 mi), West Manchester Township (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Stonybrook without a car?
7% 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 Stonybrook, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stonybrook
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.