Work & commute · Frackville

Work & commute in Frackville, PA

Most working residents leave Frackville for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Pottsville (7%), Butler (5%) and Cass (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

92 of 1,774 working residents

Typical commute

15 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 1,682 Frackville residents head out of town to work, 92 work right here, and 428 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Frackville.

1,682live here, work elsewhere

92live and work here

428work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Frackville goes to work

Pottsville7.3 mi away

7%128

Frackville (in town)right here

5%92

Butler5.2 mi away

5%81

Cass5.2 mi away

4%71

Hazle16.7 mi away

3%57

Shenandoah2.9 mi away

3%47

Mahanoy5.3 mi away

2%38

West Mahanoy1.4 mi away

2%36

Orwigsburg11.2 mi away

2%34

Philadelphia78.8 mi away

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%1,160

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

How far

How far Frackville commutes

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

38%

24%

21%

17%

38%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Frackville is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Frackville are

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

Jobs based in Frackville

520 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Frackville residents hold

1,774 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−32%

Jobs based in Frackville, 2013 → 2023: 762 → 520. 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.