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Work & commute · Catawissa

Work & commute in Catawissa, PA

Most working residents leave Catawissa for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Bloomsburg (14%), Mahoning (13%) and Hemlock (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
9 of 687 working residents
Typical commute
9 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 678 Catawissa residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Catawissa.

678live here, work elsewhere
9live and work here
111work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Catawissa goes to work

CatawissaNorthumberlandDanvilleBloomsburgPhiladelphiaScottUpper AugustaFranklinLocustMainMahoningCoalSouth CentreCatawissaMontourHemlockBloomsburgMahoningHemlockScottDanvilleSouth CentrePhiladelphiaFranklinCoalCatawissa
1
Bloomsburg3.4 mi away
14%94
2
Mahoning7.4 mi away
13%92
3
Hemlock5.7 mi away
7%46
4
Scott5.4 mi away
4%26
5
Danville8 mi away
4%25
6
South Centre7.7 mi away
3%22
7
Philadelphia95.5 mi away
1%10
8
Franklin3.2 mi away
1%10
9
Coal12.7 mi away
1%10
10
Catawissa (in town)right here
1%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%343

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

How far

How far Catawissa commutes

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

54%Under 10 mi
18%10–24 mi
12%25–50 mi
16%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Catawissa is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Catawissa are

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

Jobs based in Catawissa

120 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)7%
Trade, transport & utilities29%
Services (health, schools, offices…)64%
$1,250 a month or less33%
$1,251–$3,333 a month44%
Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Catawissa residents hold

687 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)62%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month58%
+3%

Jobs based in Catawissa, 2013 → 2023: 117 → 120. 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.

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