Work & commute · Clarks Green

Work & commute in Clarks Green, PA

Most working residents leave Clarks Green for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Scranton (24%), South Abington (8%) and Dunmore (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 682 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 677 Clarks Green residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 240 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clarks Green.

677live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

240work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clarks Green goes to work

Scranton6.9 mi away

24%164

South Abington0.9 mi away

8%54

Dunmore7.9 mi away

5%33

Clarks Summit0.9 mi away

4%27

Dickson City3.8 mi away

3%23

Wilkes-Barre19.9 mi away

3%22

Moosic9.7 mi away

3%20

Jessup8.5 mi away

2%16

Plains17.5 mi away

2%15

Scott4.5 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%299

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

How far

How far Clarks Green commutes

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

57%

18%

19%

57%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clarks Green is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clarks Green are

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

Jobs based in Clarks Green

245 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Clarks Green residents hold

682 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−20%

Jobs based in Clarks Green, 2013 → 2023: 307 → 245. 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.