Work & commute · Dalton

Work & commute in Dalton, PA

Most working residents leave Dalton for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Scranton (16%), South Abington (6%) and Dunmore (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 593 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 587 Dalton residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 137 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dalton.

587live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

137work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dalton goes to work

Scranton10 mi away

16%93

South Abington4.3 mi away

6%35

Dunmore11.3 mi away

6%33

Clarks Summit3.7 mi away

4%23

Wilkes-Barre21.4 mi away

3%20

Glenburn2 mi away

2%14

Dickson City7.2 mi away

2%13

Jessup11.7 mi away

2%12

Moosic12.5 mi away

2%10

Scott5.8 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%330

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

How far

How far Dalton commutes

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

42%

31%

21%

42%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dalton is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dalton are

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

Jobs based in Dalton

143 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Dalton residents hold

593 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−47%

Jobs based in Dalton, 2013 → 2023: 271 → 143. 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.