Work & commute · Carbondale

Work & commute in Carbondale, PA

Most working residents leave Carbondale for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Scranton (10%), Jessup (5%) and Archbald (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

543 of 3,621 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 3,078 Carbondale residents head out of town to work, 543 work right here, and 1,801 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carbondale.

3,078live here, work elsewhere

543live and work here

1,801work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carbondale goes to work

Carbondale (in town)right here

15%543

Scranton14.3 mi away

10%352

Jessup8.4 mi away

5%177

Archbald5.1 mi away

4%132

Dunmore12.2 mi away

3%122

Mayfield2.6 mi away

3%106

Honesdale13.1 mi away

2%89

Dickson City9.8 mi away

2%85

Carbondale1.3 mi away

2%82

Philadelphia109.7 mi away

2%69

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%1,864

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

How far

How far Carbondale commutes

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

38%

30%

10%

23%

38%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carbondale is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carbondale are

2,344 jobs are based in Carbondale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Carbondale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Carbondale

2,344 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Carbondale residents hold

3,621 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+10%

Jobs based in Carbondale, 2013 → 2023: 2,133 → 2,344. 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.