Work & commute · Asylum

Work & commute in Asylum, PA

Most working residents leave Asylum for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Wysox (15%), Towanda (11%) and North Towanda (9%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 403 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 393 Asylum residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 292 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Asylum.

393live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

292work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Asylum goes to work

Wysox7.6 mi away

15%61

Towanda6 mi away

11%45

North Towanda7.8 mi away

9%38

Wyalusing5.7 mi away

6%25

Sayre20.9 mi away

6%23

Mehoopany18 mi away

4%15

Asylum (in town)right here

2%10

New York, NY145.4 mi away

2%7

Philadelphia133.8 mi away

2%7

Tunkhannock26.3 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%167

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

How far

How far Asylum commutes

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

50%

18%

10%

22%

50%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Asylum is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.75 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Asylum are

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

Jobs based in Asylum

302 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Asylum residents hold

403 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−55%

Jobs based in Asylum, 2013 → 2023: 670 → 302. 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.