Work & commute · Hanover

Work & commute in Hanover, PA

Most working residents leave Hanover for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Wilkes-Barre (17%), Plains (7%) and Wilkes-Barre (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

712 of 4,638 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 3,926 Hanover residents head out of town to work, 712 work right here, and 8,926 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hanover.

3,926live here, work elsewhere

712live and work here

8,926work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hanover goes to work

Wilkes-Barre4.7 mi away

17%786

Hanover (in town)right here

15%712

Plains8 mi away

7%305

Wilkes-Barre4.9 mi away

3%161

Kingston5.3 mi away

3%155

Scranton20.1 mi away

3%133

Wright5.8 mi away

3%123

Jenkins11.5 mi away

2%105

Pittston14 mi away

2%98

Philadelphia92.6 mi away

2%95

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,965

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

How far

How far Hanover commutes

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

61%

14%

18%

61%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hanover is a job hub

2.08jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hanover are

9,638 jobs are based in Hanover. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hanover’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hanover

9,638 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Hanover residents hold

4,638 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+14%

Jobs based in Hanover, 2013 → 2023: 8,487 → 9,638. 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.