Work & commute · Coolbaugh

Work & commute in Coolbaugh, PA

Most working residents leave Coolbaugh for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Pocono (12%), New York (6%) and Paradise (4%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

480 of 7,291 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,811 Coolbaugh residents head out of town to work, 480 work right here, and 3,153 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coolbaugh.

6,811live here, work elsewhere

480live and work here

3,153work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coolbaugh goes to work

Pocono11.6 mi away

12%854

Coolbaugh (in town)right here

7%480

New York, NY86.7 mi away

6%459

Paradise10.2 mi away

4%298

Stroud17.9 mi away

3%204

Tobyhanna6.3 mi away

3%196

East Stroudsburg19.1 mi away

3%188

Mount Pocono6.4 mi away

3%187

Philadelphia83 mi away

2%134

Bethlehem38.9 mi away

2%110

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%4,181

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

How far

How far Coolbaugh commutes

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

23%

22%

18%

37%

23%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coolbaugh is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Coolbaugh are

3,633 jobs are based in Coolbaugh. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Coolbaugh’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Coolbaugh

3,633 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities51%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Coolbaugh residents hold

7,291 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+30%

Jobs based in Coolbaugh, 2013 → 2023: 2,804 → 3,633. 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.