Work & commute · Archbald

Work & commute in Archbald, PA

Most working residents leave Archbald for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Scranton (17%), Dunmore (5%) and Jessup (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

451 of 3,427 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,976 Archbald residents head out of town to work, 451 work right here, and 2,632 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Archbald.

2,976live here, work elsewhere

451live and work here

2,632work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Archbald goes to work

Scranton9.3 mi away

17%573

Archbald (in town)right here

13%451

Dunmore7.1 mi away

5%175

Jessup3.7 mi away

4%145

Dickson City5.1 mi away

4%125

Blakely3 mi away

3%93

Wilkes-Barre24.6 mi away

3%92

Olyphant4.3 mi away

2%76

Moosic12.7 mi away

2%73

South Abington7.1 mi away

2%62

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,562

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Archbald commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

58%

17%

18%

58%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Archbald is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Archbald are

3,083 jobs are based in Archbald. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Archbald’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Archbald

3,083 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Archbald residents hold

3,427 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+15%

Jobs based in Archbald, 2013 → 2023: 2,679 → 3,083. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.