Work & commute · Eaton

Work & commute in Eaton, PA

Most working residents leave Eaton for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Tunkhannock (13%), Tunkhannock (7%) and Mehoopany (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 597 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 575 Eaton residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 728 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eaton.

575live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

728work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eaton goes to work

Tunkhannock5.2 mi away

13%77

Tunkhannock3.6 mi away

7%41

Mehoopany8.1 mi away

6%38

Scranton16.1 mi away

6%34

Wilkes-Barre17.2 mi away

4%23

Eaton (in town)right here

4%22

Meshoppen11.5 mi away

3%16

South Abington13.9 mi away

2%14

Dallas9.2 mi away

2%10

Clarks Summit12.9 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%313

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

How far

How far Eaton commutes

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

36%

38%

21%

36%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eaton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.26jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Eaton are

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

Jobs based in Eaton

750 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities70%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Eaton residents hold

597 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+299%

Jobs based in Eaton, 2013 → 2023: 188 → 750. 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.