Work & commute · Bangor

Work & commute in Bangor, PA

Most working residents leave Bangor for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Palmer (5%), Bethlehem (4%) and Washington (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

107 of 2,413 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 2,306 Bangor residents head out of town to work, 107 work right here, and 650 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bangor.

2,306live here, work elsewhere

107live and work here

650work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bangor goes to work

Palmer11.9 mi away

5%109

Bangor (in town)right here

4%107

Bethlehem18.7 mi away

4%100

Washington1.6 mi away

4%91

Upper Mount Bethel4.4 mi away

4%86

Allentown23.6 mi away

3%65

Forks9.3 mi away

3%65

Philadelphia59.5 mi away

2%58

Lower Nazareth12.7 mi away

2%57

Easton12.6 mi away

2%52

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%1,623

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

How far

How far Bangor commutes

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

29%

37%

15%

19%

29%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bangor is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bangor are

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

Jobs based in Bangor

757 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Bangor residents hold

2,413 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−29%

Jobs based in Bangor, 2013 → 2023: 1,065 → 757. 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.