Work & commute · Colley

Work & commute in Colley, PA

Most working residents leave Colley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Mehoopany (8%), Laporte (8%) and New York (6%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 205 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 201 Colley residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 210 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Colley.

201live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

210work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Colley goes to work

Mehoopany12.8 mi away

8%17

Laporte10.6 mi away

8%16

New York, NY134.8 mi away

6%12

Cherry5.7 mi away

4%8

Williamsport41.3 mi away

2%5

Wyalusing15.8 mi away

2%5

Sayre37.8 mi away

2%4

Philadelphia117.6 mi away

2%4

Colley (in town)right here

2%4

Wyalusing14.5 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%127

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

How far

How far Colley commutes

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

11%

26%

20%

43%

11%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Colley is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Colley are

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

Jobs based in Colley

214 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Colley residents hold

205 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+1845%

Jobs based in Colley, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 214. 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.