Work & commute · Dupont

Work & commute in Dupont, PA

Most working residents leave Dupont for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Pittston (9%), Scranton (9%) and Wilkes-Barre (7%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 1,187 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 1,163 Dupont residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 318 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dupont.

1,163live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

318work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dupont goes to work

Pittston1.8 mi away

9%112

Scranton6.8 mi away

9%111

Wilkes-Barre8.8 mi away

7%89

Plains5.6 mi away

7%82

Jenkins2.9 mi away

4%44

Moosic3.4 mi away

3%41

Pittston2.3 mi away

3%38

Exeter4.3 mi away

2%29

Duryea2.6 mi away

2%29

Dunmore9.4 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%585

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

How far

How far Dupont commutes

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

61%

15%

19%

61%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dupont is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dupont are

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

Jobs based in Dupont

342 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Dupont residents hold

1,187 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−43%

Jobs based in Dupont, 2013 → 2023: 598 → 342. 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.