Work & commute · Briar Creek

Work & commute in Briar Creek, PA

Most working residents leave Briar Creek for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Berwick (11%), South Centre (9%) and Salem (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 266 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 259 Briar Creek residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 1,131 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Briar Creek.

259live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

1,131work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Briar Creek goes to work

Berwick1.8 mi away

11%29

South Centre3.9 mi away

9%24

Salem6.5 mi away

7%18

Mahoning17.5 mi away

7%18

Scott7 mi away

5%14

Bloomsburg9.5 mi away

3%9

Briar Creek2.9 mi away

3%8

Briar Creek (in town)right here

3%7

Wilkes-Barre25.3 mi away

3%7

Scranton40.4 mi away

3%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%125

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

How far

How far Briar Creek commutes

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

43%

22%

20%

15%

43%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Briar Creek is a job hub

4.28jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Briar Creek are

1,138 jobs are based in Briar Creek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Briar Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Briar Creek

1,138 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities60%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Briar Creek residents hold

266 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−1%

Jobs based in Briar Creek, 2013 → 2023: 1,151 → 1,138. 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.