Work & commute · Eldred

Work & commute in Eldred, PA

Most working residents leave Eldred for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Chestnuthill (7%), Polk (4%) and Hanover (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47 of 1,081 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 1,034 Eldred residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 145 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eldred.

1,034live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

145work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eldred goes to work

Chestnuthill7.1 mi away

7%75

Eldred (in town)right here

4%47

Polk5.5 mi away

4%42

Hanover13.5 mi away

3%35

Lower Towamensing7.2 mi away

3%32

New York, NY80 mi away

3%29

Bethlehem16.5 mi away

2%27

Pocono15.3 mi away

2%27

Stroudsburg15.7 mi away

2%24

Stroud15.3 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%722

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

How far

How far Eldred commutes

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

25%

41%

12%

21%

25%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eldred is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Eldred are

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

Jobs based in Eldred

192 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Eldred residents hold

1,081 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+39%

Jobs based in Eldred, 2013 → 2023: 138 → 192. 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.