Work & commute · Blakely

Work & commute in Blakely, PA

Most working residents leave Blakely for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Scranton (19%), Dunmore (6%) and Archbald (6%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

146 of 2,894 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 2,748 Blakely residents head out of town to work, 146 work right here, and 1,404 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blakely.

2,748live here, work elsewhere

146live and work here

1,404work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blakely goes to work

Scranton6.6 mi away

19%564

Dunmore5.2 mi away

6%181

Archbald3 mi away

6%180

Blakely (in town)right here

5%146

Jessup3.7 mi away

5%132

Dickson City2.2 mi away

4%122

South Abington4.4 mi away

3%73

Moosic10 mi away

2%69

Wilkes-Barre21.8 mi away

2%68

Olyphant3 mi away

2%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%1,304

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

How far

How far Blakely commutes

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

60%

15%

20%

60%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blakely is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blakely are

1,550 jobs are based in Blakely. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blakely’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Blakely

1,550 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Blakely residents hold

2,894 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−1%

Jobs based in Blakely, 2013 → 2023: 1,563 → 1,550. 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.