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Work & commute in Falls, PA

Most working residents leave Falls for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Scranton (13%), Tunkhannock (5%) and Mehoopany (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
16 of 771 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 755 Falls residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 145 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Falls.

755live here, work elsewhere
16live and work here
145work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Falls goes to work

FactoryvilleTunkhannockPlymouthClarks SummitKingstonOld ForgeMoosicWilkes-BarreScrantonMehoopanyExeterWindhamFallsSouth AbingtonEatonPlainsTunkhannockOverfieldNorthmorelandWest FallsScrantonTunkhannockMehoopanyWilkes-BarreSouth AbingtonMoosicPlainsTunkhannockKingstonFalls
1
Scranton10.3 mi away
13%103
2
Tunkhannock6 mi away
5%40
3
Mehoopany13.7 mi away
5%36
4
Wilkes-Barre16.3 mi away
5%35
5
South Abington7.8 mi away
3%22
6
Moosic11 mi away
2%19
7
Plains15 mi away
2%18
8
Tunkhannock7.1 mi away
2%16
9
Kingston15.1 mi away
2%16
10
Falls (in town)right here
2%16
Everywhere elseother towns and states
58%450

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

How far

How far Falls commutes

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

31%Under 10 mi
45%10–24 mi
5%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Falls is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Falls are

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

Jobs based in Falls

161 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities10%
Services (health, schools, offices…)70%
$1,250 a month or less26%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Falls residents hold

771 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month62%
−4%

Jobs based in Falls, 2013 → 2023: 167 → 161. 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.

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