Earning a living in Witmer
For 0% of workers, the job is at home; Pennsylvania has 16%. Only 2% work in Witmer; the top destination outside it is Lancaster (15%, 5 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 35 minutes, where Pennsylvania has 26 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Witmer: the gist
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Witmer’s working residents have a job less than 7 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 35 minutes, longer than the Pennsylvania average of 26. Time on the road ↓
The jobs in Witmer pay better than its residents’ jobs
90% of the jobs based in Witmer pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 61% of the jobs Witmer residents hold. 99% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Witmer. The jobs ↓
Most Witmer residents work close to home
62% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 219 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Witmer’s commute takes about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Witmer workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 281 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.
90% of the jobs in Witmer pay over $3,333 a month
371 jobs are based in Witmer.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Witmer, 2014 → 2024: 371 → 371. 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 Witmer’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Witmer, by distance
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 many people are in Witmer by day
On a workday 214 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 366 people come in from elsewhere.
About 680 people are in Witmer on a workday afternoon, 29% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 daily trip into Witmer
Where Witmer 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.
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 Witmer: questions
What is the median household income in Witmer?
$101,023 (±$67,182) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Witmer?
49.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Witmer?
35 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Witmer work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lancaster (15%, 5 mi), East Lampeter Township (14%, 1 mi), Manheim Township (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Witmer without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Witmer, from the people who make the trip.
More of Witmer
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.