Work & commute · Delaware Water Gap

Work & commute in Delaware Water Gap, PA

Most working residents leave Delaware Water Gap for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Stroud (10%), Stroudsburg (7%) and New York (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 200 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 194 Delaware Water Gap residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 437 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Delaware Water Gap.

194live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

437work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Delaware Water Gap goes to work

Stroud4.7 mi away

10%19

Stroudsburg3.3 mi away

7%13

New York, NY66 mi away

5%10

East Stroudsburg3.2 mi away

5%9

Smithfield3.8 mi away

5%9

Pocono10.9 mi away

4%8

Delaware Water Gap (in town)right here

3%6

Bethlehem26.6 mi away

3%5

Allentown31.5 mi away

2%4

Philadelphia66.2 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%113

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

How far

How far Delaware Water Gap commutes

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

34%

13%

27%

34%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Delaware Water Gap is a job hub

2.22jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Delaware Water Gap are

443 jobs are based in Delaware Water Gap. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Delaware Water Gap’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Delaware Water Gap

443 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Delaware Water Gap residents hold

200 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+361%

Jobs based in Delaware Water Gap, 2013 → 2023: 96 → 443. 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.