Work & commute · Duryea

Work & commute in Duryea, PA

Most working residents leave Duryea for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Scranton (13%), Wilkes-Barre (9%) and Pittston (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

120 of 2,334 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,214 Duryea residents head out of town to work, 120 work right here, and 1,307 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Duryea.

2,214live here, work elsewhere

120live and work here

1,307work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Duryea goes to work

Scranton6.8 mi away

13%296

Wilkes-Barre8.9 mi away

9%216

Pittston4.4 mi away

5%122

Duryea (in town)right here

5%120

Plains6.3 mi away

4%102

Moosic4.1 mi away

4%85

Jenkins4.9 mi away

3%66

Pittston1.7 mi away

3%65

Dunmore9.9 mi away

3%60

Old Forge2.3 mi away

2%58

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,144

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

How far

How far Duryea commutes

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

64%

13%

18%

64%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Duryea is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Duryea are

1,427 jobs are based in Duryea. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Duryea’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Duryea

1,427 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)61%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Duryea residents hold

2,334 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+24%

Jobs based in Duryea, 2013 → 2023: 1,154 → 1,427. 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.