Work & commute · Exeter

Work & commute in Exeter, PA

Most working residents leave Exeter for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Scranton (12%), Tunkhannock (5%) and Tunkhannock (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 270 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 269 Exeter residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Exeter.

269live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

48work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Exeter goes to work

Scranton9.8 mi away

12%33

Tunkhannock8.9 mi away

5%14

Tunkhannock9.2 mi away

5%13

Wilkes-Barre12.7 mi away

4%10

Overfield7.3 mi away

4%10

South Abington9.6 mi away

3%9

Clarks Summit8.7 mi away

3%7

Mehoopany14.7 mi away

3%7

Pittston11.1 mi away

3%7

Meshoppen17.8 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%154

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

How far

How far Exeter commutes

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

37%

40%

16%

37%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Exeter 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 Exeter are

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

Jobs based in Exeter

49 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Exeter residents hold

270 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−6%

Jobs based in Exeter, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 49. 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.