Work & commute · Elmhurst

Work & commute in Elmhurst, PA

Most working residents leave Elmhurst for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Scranton (19%), Dunmore (6%) and Covington (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 350 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 341 Elmhurst residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 288 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elmhurst.

341live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

288work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elmhurst goes to work

Scranton6.4 mi away

19%67

Dunmore3.6 mi away

6%21

Covington6.1 mi away

5%18

Moscow2.7 mi away

5%17

Dickson City7.7 mi away

3%11

Moosic7.8 mi away

3%9

Elmhurst (in town)right here

3%9

Plains15.9 mi away

2%8

Archbald8.9 mi away

2%7

Pocono25.6 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%176

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

How far

How far Elmhurst commutes

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

57%

21%

19%

57%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elmhurst is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Elmhurst are

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

Jobs based in Elmhurst

297 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Elmhurst residents hold

350 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−29%

Jobs based in Elmhurst, 2013 → 2023: 416 → 297. 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.