Work & commute · Avoca

Work & commute in Avoca, PA

Most working residents leave Avoca for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Scranton (11%), Wilkes-Barre (8%) and Plains (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 1,199 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

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,160 Avoca residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 367 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Avoca.

1,160live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

367work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Avoca goes to work

Scranton6 mi away

11%135

Wilkes-Barre9.4 mi away

8%99

Plains6.3 mi away

6%67

Pittston2.6 mi away

5%64

Moosic2.8 mi away

5%56

Pittston2.4 mi away

4%48

Jenkins3.9 mi away

4%45

Avoca (in town)right here

3%39

Duryea2 mi away

3%31

Dunmore8.8 mi away

2%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%589

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

How far

How far Avoca commutes

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

63%

14%

18%

63%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Avoca is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Avoca are

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

Jobs based in Avoca

406 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Avoca residents hold

1,199 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

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Jobs based in Avoca, 2013 → 2023: 406 → 406. 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.