Work & commute · Fell

Work & commute in Fell, PA

Most working residents leave Fell for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Carbondale (10%), Scranton (9%) and Forest City (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

54 of 1,079 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 1,025 Fell residents head out of town to work, 54 work right here, and 434 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fell.

1,025live here, work elsewhere

54live and work here

434work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fell goes to work

Carbondale2.7 mi away

10%111

Scranton16.4 mi away

9%95

Fell (in town)right here

5%54

Forest City3.6 mi away

4%42

Archbald7.5 mi away

4%40

Mayfield5 mi away

3%35

Jessup11 mi away

3%29

Dunmore14.6 mi away

3%29

Carbondale4 mi away

2%26

Dickson City11.8 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%595

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

How far

How far Fell commutes

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

38%

29%

12%

21%

38%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fell is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fell are

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

Jobs based in Fell

488 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Fell residents hold

1,079 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+15%

Jobs based in Fell, 2013 → 2023: 425 → 488. 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.