Work & commute · Charleston

Work & commute in Charleston, PA

Most working residents leave Charleston for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Wellsboro (17%), Blossburg (7%) and Mansfield (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

127 of 1,380 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,253 Charleston residents head out of town to work, 127 work right here, and 1,084 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Charleston.

1,253live here, work elsewhere

127live and work here

1,084work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Charleston goes to work

Wellsboro4.2 mi away

17%238

Charleston (in town)right here

9%127

Blossburg9.1 mi away

7%102

Mansfield8.6 mi away

7%90

Richmond7.5 mi away

4%60

New York, NY186.4 mi away

2%32

Williamsport36.2 mi away

2%24

Corning, NY29.1 mi away

2%21

Delmar7 mi away

1%19

Covington6.4 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%652

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

How far

How far Charleston commutes

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

38%

19%

14%

29%

38%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Charleston is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Charleston are

1,211 jobs are based in Charleston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Charleston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Charleston

1,211 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Charleston residents hold

1,380 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+52%

Jobs based in Charleston, 2013 → 2023: 796 → 1,211. 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.