Work & commute · Clifford

Work & commute in Clifford, PA

Most working residents leave Clifford for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Scranton (9%), Lenox (5%) and Carbondale (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35 of 906 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 871 Clifford residents head out of town to work, 35 work right here, and 220 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clifford.

871live here, work elsewhere

35live and work here

220work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clifford goes to work

Scranton19.2 mi away

9%79

Lenox7.5 mi away

5%45

Carbondale7.3 mi away

4%35

Clifford (in town)right here

4%35

Dunmore18 mi away

3%25

New Milford14.5 mi away

2%20

Bridgewater19 mi away

2%20

Honesdale17.1 mi away

2%18

Wilkes-Barre33.5 mi away

2%18

Jessup14.9 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%594

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

How far

How far Clifford commutes

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

19%

41%

14%

26%

19%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clifford is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clifford are

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

Jobs based in Clifford

255 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Clifford residents hold

906 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+26%

Jobs based in Clifford, 2013 → 2023: 202 → 255. 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.