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Work & commute · Clarks Summit

Work & commute in Clarks Summit, PA

Most working residents leave Clarks Summit for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Scranton (21%), South Abington (8%) and Dunmore (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
7%
172 of 2,299 working residents
Typical commute
8 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
17 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 2,127 Clarks Summit residents head out of town to work, 172 work right here, and 2,882 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clarks Summit.

2,127live here, work elsewhere
172live and work here
2,882work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Clarks Summit goes to work

Clarks GreenClarks SummitOld ForgeBlakelyDickson CityOlyphantJessupMoosicWilkes-BarreDunmoreArchbaldScrantonPhiladelphiaNewtonSouth AbingtonWaverlyScottPlainsScrantonSouth AbingtonDunmoreDickson CityMoosicPlainsJessupWilkes-BarrePhiladelphiaClarks Summit
1
Scranton6.3 mi away
21%474
2
South Abington1 mi away
8%174
3
Clarks Summit (in town)right here
7%172
4
Dunmore7.7 mi away
5%107
5
Dickson City4 mi away
3%69
6
Moosic9 mi away
2%57
7
Plains16.6 mi away
2%51
8
Jessup8.8 mi away
2%40
9
Wilkes-Barre19 mi away
2%38
10
Philadelphia106.6 mi away
2%35
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%1,082

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

How far

How far Clarks Summit commutes

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

57%Under 10 mi
18%10–24 mi
5%25–50 mi
20%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Clarks Summit is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clarks Summit are

3,054 jobs are based in Clarks Summit. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clarks Summit’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clarks Summit

3,054 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)6%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)73%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Clarks Summit residents hold

2,299 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)11%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)69%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month62%