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Work & commute · Bear Creek

Work & commute in Bear Creek, PA

Most working residents leave Bear Creek for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Wilkes-Barre (19%), Plains (10%) and Wilkes-Barre (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
19 of 1,147 working residents
Typical commute
10 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
30 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
14%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,128 Bear Creek residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 159 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bear Creek.

1,128live here, work elsewhere
19live and work here
159work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Bear Creek goes to work

LaflinPenn Lake ParkKingstonExeterLaurel RunWilkes-BarreWilkes-BarreWrightDennisonBuckJenkinsThornhurstFairviewKidderBear CreekHanoverPittstonPlainsJacksonWilkes-BarrePlainsWilkes-BarreKingstonHanoverJenkinsPittstonWrightLaurel RunBear Creek
1
Wilkes-Barre8.4 mi away
19%218
2
Plains6.3 mi away
10%111
3
Wilkes-Barre7.4 mi away
4%46
4
Kingston9.5 mi away
4%43
5
Hanover11.4 mi away
3%33
6
Jenkins5.7 mi away
2%28
7
Pittston7.3 mi away
2%26
8
Wright10.8 mi away
2%23
9
Laurel Run6.4 mi away
2%21
10
Bear Creek (in town)right here
2%19
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%579

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

How far

How far Bear Creek commutes

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

48%Under 10 mi
24%10–24 mi
11%25–50 mi
17%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Bear Creek is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bear Creek are

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

Jobs based in Bear Creek

178 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)18%
Trade, transport & utilities9%
Services (health, schools, offices…)73%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Bear Creek residents hold

1,147 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)59%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month64%
−8%

Jobs based in Bear Creek, 2013 → 2023: 193 → 178. 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.

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