Work & commute · Espy

Work & commute in Espy, PA

Most working residents leave Espy for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Bloomsburg (11%), South Centre (10%) and Mahoning (8%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 674 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 667 Espy residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 375 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Espy.

667live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

375work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Espy goes to work

Bloomsburg2.1 mi away

11%76

South Centre3.7 mi away

10%68

Mahoning10 mi away

8%57

Scott1.3 mi away

6%43

Berwick9.3 mi away

4%29

Hemlock5.5 mi away

4%25

Wilkes-Barre32.8 mi away

2%13

Salem14 mi away

2%12

Danville10.6 mi away

2%11

Scranton47.8 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%329

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

How far

How far Espy commutes

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

47%

19%

17%

18%

47%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Espy is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Espy are

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

Jobs based in Espy

382 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Espy residents hold

674 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+3%

Jobs based in Espy, 2013 → 2023: 371 → 382. 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.