Work & commute · Courtdale

Work & commute in Courtdale, PA

Most working residents leave Courtdale for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Wilkes-Barre (16%), Kingston (9%) and Plains (7%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 329 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 327 Courtdale residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 123 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Courtdale.

327live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

123work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Courtdale goes to work

Wilkes-Barre3.3 mi away

16%52

Kingston2 mi away

9%28

Plains5.4 mi away

7%22

Hanover6.1 mi away

6%21

Wilkes-Barre4.5 mi away

3%10

Jenkins8.5 mi away

3%10

Scranton15.3 mi away

3%9

Larksville1.7 mi away

2%6

Luzerne0.9 mi away

2%5

Plymouth3.6 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%161

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

How far

How far Courtdale commutes

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

63%

10%

22%

63%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Courtdale is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Courtdale are

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

Jobs based in Courtdale

125 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Courtdale residents hold

329 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−56%

Jobs based in Courtdale, 2013 → 2023: 281 → 125. 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.