Work & commute · Factoryville

Work & commute in Factoryville, PA

Most working residents leave Factoryville for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Scranton (12%), Mehoopany (4%) and Clarks Summit (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 429 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 411 Factoryville residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 397 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Factoryville.

411live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

397work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Factoryville goes to work

Scranton12.3 mi away

12%53

Factoryville (in town)right here

4%18

Mehoopany15.5 mi away

4%18

Clarks Summit6.2 mi away

3%14

Clinton2.1 mi away

3%13

Wilkes-Barre22.2 mi away

3%12

Dunmore13.9 mi away

3%12

Tunkhannock6.2 mi away

2%10

South Abington6.9 mi away

2%9

Dickson City9.9 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%262

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

How far

How far Factoryville commutes

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

28%

42%

25%

28%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Factoryville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Factoryville are

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

Jobs based in Factoryville

415 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Factoryville residents hold

429 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+117%

Jobs based in Factoryville, 2013 → 2023: 191 → 415. 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.