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Jobs & commute in Table Rock

With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Table Rock works elsewhere

Hardly any work in Table Rock; the top destination outside it is Gettysburg (11%, 6 miles). Employers in Table Rock report 5 jobs, and 46 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 8% of workers (Pennsylvania 16%).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How many people are in Table Rock by day

On a workday 46 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.

46live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
5work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night98
Workday57
98live here− 46head out to work+ 5come in to work= 57on a workday

About 57 people are in Table Rock on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.11jobs 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 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Commuting out of Table Rock: the destinations

Stanton: 1 residents work here (2%)Frederick: 1 residents work here (2%)Columbus: 1 residents work here (2%)Biglerville: 1 residents work here (2%)Spring Grove: 1 residents work here (2%)Gettysburg: 5 residents work here (11%)Tyrone: 1 residents work here (2%)Hanover: 1 residents work here (2%)ChambersburgLancaster TownshipSouth Middleton Township: 4 residents work here (9%)Cumberland Township: 5 residents work here (11%)Menallen TownshipTable RockGettysburgCumberland TownshipSouth Middleton TownshipStantonFrederickColumbusTable Rock
1
Gettysburg5.7 mi away
11%5
211%5
39%4
4
Stanton, KY384.4 mi away
2%1
5
Frederick, MD34.3 mi away
2%1
6
Columbus, OH305.6 mi away
2%1
7
Biglerville2 mi away
2%1
8
Spring Grove18.8 mi away
2%1
9
Tyrone75.7 mi away
2%1
10
Hanover14.2 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
54%25
The top trips

Where Table Rock 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

Table Rock is a services town

Jobs based in Table RockJobs Table Rock residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%9%
Trade, transport & utilities0%26%
Services: health, schools, offices100%65%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month40%20%
Over $3,333 a month60%59%

Who does it

29 or younger20%24%
30 to 5440%52%
55 and older40%24%
+400%

Jobs based in Table Rock, 2014 → 2024: 1 → 5. 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 Table Rock’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

The daily trip from Table Rock: about 20 minutes

A year of commuting
152 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Table Rock20 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
9%

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

About 1 in 10
How Table Rock gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 54 commuters (the 8% 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

Table Rock’s commute, mile by mile

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miGettysburg: 11% · 5.7 miCumberland Township: 11% · 7.7 miSouth Middleton Township: 9% · 15.7 miStanton: 2% · 384.4 miFrederick: 2% · 34.3 miColumbus: 2% · 305.6 miBiglerville: 2% · 2 miSpring Grove: 2% · 18.8 miTyrone: 2% · 75.7 miHanover: 2% · 14.2 miGettysburg 11%Cumberland Township 11%South Middleton Township 9%Stanton 2%Frederick 2%Table Rock
Table RockTop destinations (size = commuters)
31%Under 10 mi13 residents
38%10–24 mi16 residents
14%25–50 mi6 residents
17%Over 50 mi7 residents

About 17% 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.

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 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Table Rock: questions

What is the median household income in Table Rock?

$98,083 (±$79,173) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Table Rock?

0.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Table Rock?

20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Table Rock work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gettysburg (11%, 6 mi), Cumberland Township (11%, 8 mi), South Middleton Township (9%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Table Rock without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Table Rock, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Table Rock

Table Rock home →

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.