Work & commute · Edwardsville

Work & commute in Edwardsville, PA

Most working residents leave Edwardsville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Wilkes-Barre (17%), Kingston (8%) and Plains (7%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 1,860 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,829 Edwardsville residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 1,049 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edwardsville.

1,829live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

1,049work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edwardsville goes to work

Wilkes-Barre2 mi away

17%315

Kingston1.3 mi away

8%150

Plains5 mi away

7%134

Hanover4.5 mi away

6%117

Scranton16.1 mi away

3%52

Pittston10.6 mi away

3%52

Wilkes-Barre3.2 mi away

3%50

Jenkins8.4 mi away

3%48

Philadelphia95.5 mi away

2%44

Edwardsville (in town)right here

2%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%867

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

How far

How far Edwardsville commutes

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

59%

12%

23%

59%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edwardsville is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Edwardsville are

1,080 jobs are based in Edwardsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Edwardsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Edwardsville

1,080 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities49%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Edwardsville residents hold

1,860 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−16%

Jobs based in Edwardsville, 2013 → 2023: 1,283 → 1,080. 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.