Wayne Heights has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
A typical one-way commute lasts 33 minutes (Pennsylvania 26, U.S. 26). Wayne Heights has 345 jobs, against 1,196 working residents. Home is the office for 7% of workers, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Wayne Heights
Wayne Heights workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Wayne Heights is a place people come home to
There are 345 jobs based in Wayne Heights, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Wayne Heights has about 2,400 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Wayne Heights
60% of Wayne Heights residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 42% of the jobs based in Wayne Heights pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. 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.
The trip to work from Wayne Heights: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wayne Heights workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,453 commuters (the 7% 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.
Wayne Heights by day and by night
On a workday 1,178 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 327 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Wayne Heights on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
The kinds of work in Wayne Heights
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wayne Heights, 2013 → 2023: 383 → 345. 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 Wayne Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
12% of working residents work in Waynesboro
Where Wayne Heights clocks in
6% 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.
How far Wayne Heights’ workers travel
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
12% of Wayne Heights works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wayne Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Heights | – | — | — | 33 min | $83,700 |
| Rouzerville | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Waynesboro | 12% | C+ | B+ | 28 min | $66,956 |
Same-state neighbors only. Rouzerville: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Waynesboro. Darker towns draw more of Wayne Heights’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 Wayne Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Wayne Heights?
$83,700 (±$14,522) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wayne Heights?
4.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wayne Heights?
33 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wayne Heights work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waynesboro (12%, 2 mi), Washington Township (9%, 1 mi), Hagerstown (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wayne Heights 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 Wayne Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wayne Heights
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.