Work & commute · Honesdale

Work & commute in Honesdale, PA

About one in 4 of Honesdale’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Texas (8%), Lackawaxen (4%) and Scranton (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

470 of 1,966 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,496 Honesdale residents head out of town to work, 470 work right here, and 3,156 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Honesdale.

1,496live here, work elsewhere

470live and work here

3,156work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Honesdale goes to work

Honesdale (in town)right here

24%470

Texas1.7 mi away

8%158

Lackawaxen11.1 mi away

4%69

Scranton24.5 mi away

3%59

New York, NY93 mi away

2%49

Palmyra12.5 mi away

2%33

Dunmore21.4 mi away

2%30

Dyberry5.4 mi away

1%29

Cherry Ridge4 mi away

1%27

Philadelphia108.4 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%1,017

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

How far

How far Honesdale commutes

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

46%

16%

12%

26%

46%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Honesdale is a job hub

1.84jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Honesdale are

3,626 jobs are based in Honesdale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Honesdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Honesdale

3,626 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Honesdale residents hold

1,966 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+2%

Jobs based in Honesdale, 2013 → 2023: 3,570 → 3,626. 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.