Work & commute · Damascus

Work & commute in Damascus, PA

Most working residents leave Damascus for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Honesdale (12%), Delaware (6%) and Texas (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

106 of 1,645 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 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 1,539 Damascus residents head out of town to work, 106 work right here, and 159 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Damascus.

1,539live here, work elsewhere

106live and work here

159work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Damascus goes to work

Honesdale10.9 mi away

12%195

Damascus (in town)right here

6%106

Delaware, NY7.5 mi away

6%97

Texas12.5 mi away

4%72

Thompson, NY23.8 mi away

3%56

Lackawaxen15 mi away

3%43

New York, NY95 mi away

3%42

Berlin8.6 mi away

2%41

Scranton34.6 mi away

2%37

Hawley16 mi away

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%926

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

How far

How far Damascus commutes

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

22%

31%

18%

29%

22%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Damascus is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Damascus are

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

Jobs based in Damascus

265 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Damascus residents hold

1,645 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−1%

Jobs based in Damascus, 2013 → 2023: 269 → 265. 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.