Work & commute · Freeland

Work & commute in Freeland, PA

Most working residents leave Freeland for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Hazle (22%), West Hazleton (7%) and Hazleton (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

68 of 1,531 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,463 Freeland residents head out of town to work, 68 work right here, and 219 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Freeland.

1,463live here, work elsewhere

68live and work here

219work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Freeland goes to work

Hazle7.5 mi away

22%330

West Hazleton7.5 mi away

7%114

Hazleton6.3 mi away

5%80

Freeland (in town)right here

4%68

Butler4.2 mi away

4%65

Wilkes-Barre15.6 mi away

4%55

Wright7 mi away

3%41

Foster2.1 mi away

2%36

Philadelphia80.6 mi away

2%31

East Union15.1 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%683

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

How far

How far Freeland commutes

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

47%

22%

14%

17%

47%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Freeland is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Freeland are

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

Jobs based in Freeland

287 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Freeland residents hold

1,531 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−25%

Jobs based in Freeland, 2013 → 2023: 384 → 287. 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.