Work & commute · Dickson

Work & commute in Dickson, PA

Most working residents leave Dickson for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Scranton (22%), Dunmore (7%) and Jessup (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

209 of 2,877 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 2,668 Dickson residents head out of town to work, 209 work right here, and 5,742 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dickson.

2,668live here, work elsewhere

209live and work here

5,742work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dickson goes to work

Scranton4.7 mi away

22%632

Dickson City (in town)right here

7%209

Dunmore4.4 mi away

7%207

Jessup4.9 mi away

4%110

Wilkes-Barre19.7 mi away

3%74

Olyphant3.3 mi away

3%72

South Abington3 mi away

2%67

Moosic8.2 mi away

2%62

Archbald5.1 mi away

2%60

Throop3.1 mi away

2%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,333

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

How far

How far Dickson commutes

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

59%

16%

19%

59%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dickson is a job hub

2.07jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dickson are

5,951 jobs are based in Dickson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dickson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dickson

5,951 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities51%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Dickson residents hold

2,877 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−11%

Jobs based in Dickson, 2013 → 2023: 6,670 → 5,951. 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.