Work & commute · Chestnuthill

Work & commute in Chestnuthill, PA

Most working residents leave Chestnuthill for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Pocono (7%), Stroud (4%) and New York (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

717 of 6,562 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 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 5,845 Chestnuthill residents head out of town to work, 717 work right here, and 2,511 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chestnuthill.

5,845live here, work elsewhere

717live and work here

2,511work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chestnuthill goes to work

Chestnuthill (in town)right here

11%717

Pocono8.8 mi away

7%435

Stroud11.1 mi away

4%272

New York, NY80.3 mi away

4%265

Stroudsburg12 mi away

2%146

East Stroudsburg13.5 mi away

2%139

Bethlehem21.2 mi away

2%124

Hanover20.3 mi away

2%121

Bethlehem23.2 mi away

2%112

Polk4.8 mi away

2%104

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%4,127

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

How far

How far Chestnuthill commutes

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

24%

34%

15%

27%

24%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chestnuthill is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chestnuthill are

3,228 jobs are based in Chestnuthill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chestnuthill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chestnuthill

3,228 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Chestnuthill residents hold

6,562 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+27%

Jobs based in Chestnuthill, 2013 → 2023: 2,544 → 3,228. 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.