Work & commute · Bloomsburg

Work & commute in Bloomsburg, PA

Most working residents leave Bloomsburg for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Mahoning (9%), Scott (5%) and Hemlock (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

590 of 4,062 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,472 Bloomsburg residents head out of town to work, 590 work right here, and 4,939 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bloomsburg.

3,472live here, work elsewhere

590live and work here

4,939work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bloomsburg goes to work

Bloomsburg (in town)right here

15%590

Mahoning8 mi away

9%358

Scott2.6 mi away

5%194

Hemlock3.6 mi away

4%165

South Centre5.6 mi away

4%154

Berwick11.3 mi away

3%115

Philadelphia97.7 mi away

2%95

Danville8.6 mi away

2%93

Scranton49.6 mi away

2%63

Salem15.9 mi away

1%59

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%2,176

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

How far

How far Bloomsburg commutes

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

43%

16%

11%

29%

43%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bloomsburg is balanced between jobs and homes

1.36jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bloomsburg are

5,529 jobs are based in Bloomsburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bloomsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bloomsburg

5,529 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Bloomsburg residents hold

4,062 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+1%

Jobs based in Bloomsburg, 2013 → 2023: 5,498 → 5,529. 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.