Work & commute · Canaan

Work & commute in Canaan, PA

Most working residents leave Canaan for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New York (9%), Honesdale (7%) and Waymart (4%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53 of 1,038 working residents

Typical commute

43 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 985 Canaan residents head out of town to work, 53 work right here, and 895 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Canaan.

985live here, work elsewhere

53live and work here

895work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Canaan goes to work

New York, NY98.1 mi away

9%89

Honesdale6.8 mi away

7%71

Canaan (in town)right here

5%53

Waymart1.4 mi away

4%43

Salem12.2 mi away

3%30

Philadelphia108.9 mi away

3%28

South Canaan4.2 mi away

3%27

Scranton18.8 mi away

2%25

Carbondale6.3 mi away

2%17

Lake8 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%641

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

How far

How far Canaan commutes

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

27%

16%

48%

27%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

48%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Canaan is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Canaan are

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

Jobs based in Canaan

948 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Canaan residents hold

1,038 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+25%

Jobs based in Canaan, 2013 → 2023: 760 → 948. 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.