Work & commute · Canton

Work & commute in Canton, PA

Most working residents leave Canton for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Canton (10%), Troy (6%) and Towanda (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

122 of 771 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 649 Canton residents head out of town to work, 122 work right here, and 448 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Canton.

649live here, work elsewhere

122live and work here

448work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Canton goes to work

Canton (in town)right here

16%122

Canton1.5 mi away

10%79

Troy9.3 mi away

6%45

Towanda22.4 mi away

5%39

Troy8 mi away

5%38

Williamsport30.3 mi away

4%32

New York, NY166.4 mi away

3%20

Wysox26.8 mi away

2%15

Wellsboro24.1 mi away

2%14

Sayre28.4 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%354

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

How far

How far Canton commutes

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

35%

22%

19%

24%

35%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Canton is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Canton are

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

Jobs based in Canton

570 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Canton residents hold

771 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−25%

Jobs based in Canton, 2013 → 2023: 758 → 570. 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.