Work & commute · Cherry Ridge

Work & commute in Cherry Ridge, PA

Most working residents leave Cherry Ridge for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Honesdale (22%), Texas (11%) and Lackawaxen (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 841 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 820 Cherry Ridge residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 365 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cherry Ridge.

820live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

365work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cherry Ridge goes to work

Honesdale4 mi away

22%189

Texas2.4 mi away

11%93

Lackawaxen11.7 mi away

4%30

Cherry Ridge (in town)right here

2%21

Palmyra9.6 mi away

2%21

New York, NY92.1 mi away

2%20

Berlin7.6 mi away

2%17

Hawley6.7 mi away

2%14

Scranton21.3 mi away

2%13

Dunmore18.1 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%411

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

How far

How far Cherry Ridge commutes

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

50%

16%

10%

23%

50%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cherry Ridge is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cherry Ridge are

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

Jobs based in Cherry Ridge

386 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Cherry Ridge residents hold

841 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−44%

Jobs based in Cherry Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 685 → 386. 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.