Work & commute · Buck

Work & commute in Buck, PA

Most working residents leave Buck for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Wilkes-Barre (20%), Plains (9%) and Wilkes-Barre (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 162 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 161 Buck residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buck.

161live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

62work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buck goes to work

Wilkes-Barre12.5 mi away

20%32

Plains10.4 mi away

9%15

Wilkes-Barre11.4 mi away

4%6

Pittston9.7 mi away

4%6

Kingston13.6 mi away

3%5

Bear Creek4.1 mi away

3%5

Hanover15.1 mi away

3%5

Scranton15.8 mi away

2%4

Philadelphia85.1 mi away

2%4

Pittston12.6 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%77

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

How far

How far Buck commutes

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

14%

59%

19%

14%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buck is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Buck are

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

Jobs based in Buck

63 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities70%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Buck residents hold

162 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

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.