TownTapestry
Sign inJoin
HemlockGood night
Work & commute · Hemlock

Work & commute in Hemlock, PA

Most working residents leave Hemlock for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Mahoning (16%), Bloomsburg (12%) and Scott (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
5%
49 of 991 working residents
Typical commute
9 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
16%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 942 Hemlock residents head out of town to work, 49 work right here, and 3,164 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hemlock.

942live here, work elsewhere
49live and work here
3,164work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Hemlock goes to work

CatawissaDanvilleBerwickMiltonBloomsburgPhiladelphiaScottSalemMahoningCoalSouth CentreMontourWest HemlockHemlockMadisonMount PleasantMahoningBloomsburgScottSouth CentreBerwickSalemDanvilleMontourMiltonHemlock
1
Mahoning5.8 mi away
16%157
2
Bloomsburg3.6 mi away
12%119
3
Hemlock (in town)right here
5%49
4
Scott5.5 mi away
4%43
5
South Centre8.6 mi away
4%39
6
Berwick14.2 mi away
3%27
7
Salem18.5 mi away
3%25
8
Danville6.3 mi away
2%23
9
Montour3.5 mi away
2%22
10
Milton17.3 mi away
2%15
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%472

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

How far

How far Hemlock commutes

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

51%Under 10 mi
19%10–24 mi
9%25–50 mi
22%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Hemlock is a job hub

3.24jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hemlock are

3,213 jobs are based in Hemlock. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hemlock’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hemlock

3,213 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)1%
Trade, transport & utilities50%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Hemlock residents hold

991 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month62%
+49%

Jobs based in Hemlock, 2013 → 2023: 2,161 → 3,213. 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.

We left the porch light on

Where to, neighbor?

You’re in Hemlock, PAColumbia CountyView boundary

Nearby

All towns & citiesExplore the map

Local begins with a boundary.

See what belongs to your selected town.

Loading boundary…

Hemlock is your selected town. The feed includes posts assigned to this town, not a distance radius or ZIP code.

Neighborhoods narrow the feed further, while townwide announcements, events, and issues remain visible.

Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/15 · 2025-01-01
Open detailed map