Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0At 6.3%, unemployment in Wormleysburg is higher than in 77% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Wormleysburg are B+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Only 2% work in Wormleysburg; the top destination outside it is Harrisburg (16%, 2 miles). Working residents average 22 minutes each way (Pennsylvania 26, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Wormleysburg: the figures worth knowing
Wormleysburg trades workers with the towns around it
Wormleysburg has about as many jobs (1,532) as working residents (1,441), but they are mostly different people: 1,412 residents leave for work each day while 1,503 people come in. Only 2% of the jobs in Wormleysburg are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Nearly all the work in Wormleysburg is services
93% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 7% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Most Wormleysburg residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Wormleysburg
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wormleysburg is better than 72% of U.S. towns, #440 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Wormleysburg’s grade up (ahead of 85% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wormleysburg could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 1,412 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 1,503 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Services make up most of the work in Wormleysburg
1,532 jobs are based in Wormleysburg.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wormleysburg, 2013 → 2023: 1,186 → 1,532. 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 Wormleysburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Wormleysburg
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.
Where Wormleysburg’s working residents head each day
Where Wormleysburg clocks in
16% of workers
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.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Wormleysburg
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wormleysburg workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,419 commuters (the 15% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Wormleysburg
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wormleysburg is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns, #276 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,671 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.3% of Wormleysburg households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wormleysburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,163rd of 4,562: where Wormleysburg ranks among U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | West Pikeland Township PA | 4,045 | $226K | 0.9% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,161 | Fleming NY | 2,400 | $92K | 4.3% | 3.3% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,162 | Lochsloy WA | 3,029 | $106K | 7.2% | 4.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,163 | Wormleysburg PA | 3,078 | $88K | 4.6% | 6.3% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,164 | Moro Township IL | 3,492 | $100K | 4.0% | 5.6% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,165 | Independence Township PA | 2,236 | $93K | 12.9% | 2.4% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Wormleysburg, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
21% of Wormleysburg works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wormleysburg workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wormleysburg | – | B+ | A− | 22 min | $88,250 |
| Harrisburg | 16% | C− | A+ | 20 min | $48,099 |
| East Pennsboro Township | 5% | B+ | B+ | 21 min | $83,388 |
| Lemoyne | under 3% | B | A | 21 min | $62,086 |
| West Fairview | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. West Fairview: 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 Harrisburg. Darker towns draw more of Wormleysburg’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 Wormleysburg: questions
What is the median household income in Wormleysburg?
$88,250 (±$16,568) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wormleysburg?
4.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wormleysburg?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wormleysburg work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harrisburg (16%, 2 mi), Lower Allen Township (6%, 4 mi), Hampden Township (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wormleysburg walkable?
Wormleysburg is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 16.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wormleysburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wormleysburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wormleysburg
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.