Work & commute · East Side

Work & commute in East Side, PA

Most working residents leave East Side for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Kidder (12%), Tobyhanna (7%) and Philadelphia (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 74 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 71 East Side residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 73 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Side.

71live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

73work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Side goes to work

Kidder6 mi away

12%9

Tobyhanna13.1 mi away

7%5

East Side (in town)right here

4%3

Philadelphia79.8 mi away

4%3

Stroud28.8 mi away

4%3

Fountain Hill37 mi away

3%2

White Haven1.4 mi away

3%2

Palmerton19.3 mi away

3%2

Weatherly8.9 mi away

3%2

Bethlehem36.4 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%41

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

How far

How far East Side commutes

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

31%

26%

20%

23%

31%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Side is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in East Side are

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

Jobs based in East Side

76 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month21%

Jobs East Side residents hold

74 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+111%

Jobs based in East Side, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 76. 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.