Work & commute · Buckingham

Work & commute in Buckingham, PA

Most working residents leave Buckingham for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Manchester (7%), Honesdale (6%) and Hancock (6%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 195 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

46 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 182 Buckingham residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buckingham.

182live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

63work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buckingham goes to work

Manchester6.6 mi away

7%14

Buckingham (in town)right here

7%13

Honesdale20.8 mi away

6%12

Hancock, NY7.8 mi away

6%12

Delaware, NY16.9 mi away

4%8

Preston6.2 mi away

4%8

Scranton38 mi away

2%4

Cherry Ridge24.2 mi away

2%4

Damascus14.2 mi away

2%4

New York, NY109.1 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%113

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

How far

How far Buckingham commutes

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

21%

22%

23%

35%

21%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buckingham 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 Buckingham are

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

Jobs based in Buckingham

76 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Buckingham residents hold

195 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−28%

Jobs based in Buckingham, 2013 → 2023: 105 → 76. 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.