Work & commute · Butler

Work & commute in Butler, PA

Most working residents leave Butler for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Hazle (14%), West Hazleton (7%) and Hazleton (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

356 of 4,331 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,975 Butler residents head out of town to work, 356 work right here, and 1,661 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Butler.

3,975live here, work elsewhere

356live and work here

1,661work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Butler goes to work

Hazle5.9 mi away

14%617

Butler (in town)right here

8%356

West Hazleton5.1 mi away

7%294

Hazleton6 mi away

6%279

Wilkes-Barre15.3 mi away

5%227

Sugarloaf6.4 mi away

3%132

Wright6.9 mi away

3%124

Plains17.7 mi away

3%113

Hanover11.3 mi away

2%90

Philadelphia83.7 mi away

2%69

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%2,030

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

How far

How far Butler commutes

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

45%

26%

14%

15%

45%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Butler is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Butler are

2,017 jobs are based in Butler. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Butler’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Butler

2,017 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Butler residents hold

4,331 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−1%

Jobs based in Butler, 2013 → 2023: 2,041 → 2,017. 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.