Work & commute · Forks

Work & commute in Forks, PA

Most working residents leave Forks for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Elkland (10%), Mehoopany (5%) and Wyalusing (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 154 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 143 Forks residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Forks.

143live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

50work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Forks goes to work

Elkland5.9 mi away

10%15

Forks (in town)right here

7%11

Mehoopany24.5 mi away

5%7

Wyalusing20.2 mi away

4%6

Dushore8.1 mi away

3%5

Laporte6 mi away

3%4

Canton19.4 mi away

3%4

Williamsport30.7 mi away

3%4

Fox11 mi away

3%4

Cherry7.9 mi away

3%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%90

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

How far

How far Forks commutes

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

27%

25%

27%

22%

27%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Forks is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Forks are

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

Jobs based in Forks

61 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Forks residents hold

154 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+15%

Jobs based in Forks, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 61. 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.