Photo: WabbyTwaxx · CC BY-SA 2.0Jobs, income and commuting in Winterstown, PA
Working residents average 29 minutes each way, next to 26 for Pennsylvania and 26 for the U.S. 0% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Only 3% work in Winterstown; the top destination outside it is York (7%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Winterstown, in a few figures
About 29 minutes to work from Winterstown
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Winterstown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 196 commuters (the 0% 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.
Winterstown quiets down on a workday
On a workday 264 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 187 people come in from elsewhere.
About 530 people are in Winterstown on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.72 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Winterstown’s working residents head each day
Where Winterstown clocks in
7% of workers
7% 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.
Goods, not services: 66% of the jobs in Winterstown
194 jobs are based in Winterstown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winterstown, 2013 → 2023: 192 → 194. 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 Winterstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Winterstown works
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 Winterstown: questions
What is the median household income in Winterstown?
$62,500 (±$11,964) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Winterstown?
7.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Winterstown?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Winterstown work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are York (7%, 10 mi), York Township (7%, 6 mi), West Manchester Township (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Winterstown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Winterstown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winterstown
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.