Work & commute · Gilberton

Work & commute in Gilberton, PA

Most working residents leave Gilberton for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Hazle (7%), Shenandoah (6%) and Pottsville (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 234 working residents

Typical commute

15 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 234 Gilberton residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 86 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gilberton.

234live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

86work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gilberton goes to work

Hazle15.7 mi away

7%16

Shenandoah1.9 mi away

6%14

Pottsville8 mi away

5%12

Cass6.1 mi away

5%11

West Mahanoy0.8 mi away

3%7

St. Clair5.4 mi away

3%6

Philadelphia79 mi away

3%6

West Hazleton16.1 mi away

2%5

Orwigsburg11.6 mi away

2%5

Mahanoy4.5 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%147

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

How far

How far Gilberton commutes

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

36%

25%

22%

17%

36%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gilberton is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gilberton are

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

Jobs based in Gilberton

86 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Gilberton residents hold

234 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−67%

Jobs based in Gilberton, 2013 → 2023: 259 → 86. 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.