Work & commute · Exeter

Work & commute in Exeter, PA

Most working residents leave Exeter for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Wilkes-Barre (12%), Scranton (6%) and Plains (6%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

157 of 2,411 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 2,254 Exeter residents head out of town to work, 157 work right here, and 1,647 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Exeter.

2,254live here, work elsewhere

157live and work here

1,647work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Exeter goes to work

Wilkes-Barre6.4 mi away

12%298

Exeter (in town)right here

7%157

Scranton9.7 mi away

6%148

Plains4.6 mi away

6%137

Pittston5.9 mi away

4%100

Kingston5.6 mi away

3%76

Jenkins5.1 mi away

3%70

Hanover10.9 mi away

3%65

Duryea2.9 mi away

2%58

West Pittston1.3 mi away

2%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%1,253

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.

60%

14%

20%

60%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Exeter is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Exeter are

1,804 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

1,804 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Exeter residents hold

2,411 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

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Jobs based in Exeter, 2013 → 2023: 1,901 → 1,804. 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.