Where Warfordsburg earns its living
Working from home is the commute for 45% of workers; Pennsylvania has 16%. Only 3% work in Warfordsburg itself; outside it, Bethel Township draws the most (12%, 2 miles). Employers in Warfordsburg report 73 jobs, against 66 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Warfordsburg for work, and who comes in
On a workday 64 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere.
About 51 people are in Warfordsburg on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Warfordsburg to work: where people go
Where Warfordsburg clocks in
12% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Warfordsburg
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Warfordsburg, 2014 → 2024: 58 → 73. 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 Warfordsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Warfordsburg
of Warfordsburg workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11 commuters (the 45% 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.
Where in the region Warfordsburg works
About 28% 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.
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 Warfordsburg: questions
What is the median household income in Warfordsburg?
$66,250 (±$19,017) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Warfordsburg?
13.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Warfordsburg work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bethel Township (12%, 2 mi), Belfast Township (6%, 9 mi), Ayr Township (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Warfordsburg 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 Warfordsburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Warfordsburg
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.