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Work & commute · Dennison

Work & commute in Dennison, PA

Most working residents leave Dennison for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are White Haven (9%), Wilkes-Barre (8%) and Wright (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
8 of 370 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
32 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
11%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 362 Dennison residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dennison.

362live here, work elsewhere
8live and work here
59work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Dennison goes to work

UplandConshohockenPlymouthWhite HavenPenn Lake ParkWest HazletonWilkes-BarreScrantonWilkes-BarreWrightDennisonFosterButlerFairviewHazleKidderBear CreekPlainsWhite HavenWilkes-BarreWrightFairviewWilkes-BarreHazlePlainsWest HazletonFosterButlerDennison
1
White Haven3.7 mi away
9%35
2
Wilkes-Barre10.5 mi away
8%29
3
Wright3.8 mi away
4%14
4
Fairview4.4 mi away
4%13
5
Wilkes-Barre9.5 mi away
3%10
6
Hazle13.3 mi away
3%10
7
Plains11.6 mi away
3%10
8
West Hazleton13 mi away
2%9
9
Foster6.3 mi away
2%9
10
Butler8.3 mi away
2%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
60%222

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

How far

How far Dennison commutes

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

28%Under 10 mi
36%10–24 mi
14%25–50 mi
22%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Dennison is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dennison are

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

Jobs based in Dennison

67 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities43%
Services (health, schools, offices…)40%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%
Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Dennison residents hold

370 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)18%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month56%
−4%

Jobs based in Dennison, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 67. 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.

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