Work & commute · Hazle

Work & commute in Hazle, PA

About one in 5 of Hazle’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Hazleton (10%), West Hazleton (8%) and Butler (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

849 of 3,853 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,004 Hazle residents head out of town to work, 849 work right here, and 13,949 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hazle.

3,004live here, work elsewhere

849live and work here

13,949work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hazle goes to work

Hazle (in town)right here

22%849

Hazleton2.2 mi away

10%368

West Hazleton1.2 mi away

8%327

Butler5.9 mi away

3%114

Wilkes-Barre21.2 mi away

3%112

Wright12.7 mi away

2%92

East Union7.6 mi away

2%86

Philadelphia80.3 mi away

2%70

Sugarloaf4.8 mi away

1%54

Scranton35.7 mi away

1%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%1,740

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

How far

How far Hazle commutes

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

51%

15%

19%

51%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hazle is a job hub

3.84jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hazle are

14,798 jobs are based in Hazle. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hazle’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hazle

14,798 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities49%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Hazle residents hold

3,853 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+50%

Jobs based in Hazle, 2013 → 2023: 9,895 → 14,798. 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.