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Looking for jobs in our area? Well, it’s about 90-minutes (80 miles) from Philadelphia to the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country and just a few minutes more (83 miles) from Baltimore.

But proximity to these major urban centers is only one reason why Lancaster County is such an attractive relocation destination. Even more alluring are the unique combinations of town and country, earthy and edgy, picturesque and progressive that characterize this charismatic area.

Of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties, Lancaster ranks sixth in population, says a published report by Lancaster Newspapers, Inc. Nearly half a million people live here, according to the Lancaster County Planning Commission. Since the year 2000, the number of residents has increased by more than 27,000, and is expected to grow by close to 28,000 more within the next five years.

Employment is the major lure, with more than 11,000 companies, pretty evenly split among the manufacturing, service, and retail sectors. Unemployment here is generally well below the national average.

In this section, our goal is to provide valuable links to online printed news outlets in our area to aid in your search. We hope we’ll see you here in Lancaster County. Good luck!

Regional Newspapers

These are two major newspapers that cover the Philadelphia urban and suburban region that includes Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery Counties in PA, and some counties in the states of New Jersey, and Delaware.

You’ll find a good deal of job opportunities here. It’s not unheard of to commute from Lancaster County toward Philadelphia, in fact, I did it for years!

Baltimore Sun
http://www.baltimoresun.com/classified/jobs/

Another major source for employemnt. Similar to the Philadelphia area, many folks from the southern part of Lancaster County commute to work in the Baltimore region.

Local Newspapers

Publisher of two daily newspapers and one Sunday edition.
Intelligencer Journal: morning newspaper (circulation more than 44,000) is published Monday through Saturday.
Lancaster New Era: afternoon paper (circulation about 52,000) is published Monday through Saturday.
Sunday News (circulation 100,289)

Reading Eagle
http://readingeagle.com/TopAds.aspx?id=2

The city of Reading and Berks County is only about 30 minutes from most parts of Lancaster County. Finding a job in this area provides you with a short commute from Pennsylvania Dutch country. Reading has also been recognized recently as a real estate hot spot!

Now that you’ve landed that job, you now have other things to think about. Click on the links below for more in-depth information about relocating to Lancaster County:

• Apartments
• Real Estate and Rentals
• Retirement and Continuing Care Communities
• Health Care
• Education
• Library System
• Child Care
• Media
• Emergency Contact Information

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