Work & commute · Hop Bottom

Work & commute in Hop Bottom, PA

Most working residents leave Hop Bottom for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Bridgewater (8%), Scranton (7%) and Mehoopany (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 117 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 115 Hop Bottom residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 213 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hop Bottom.

115live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

213work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hop Bottom goes to work

Bridgewater10 mi away

8%9

Scranton21.3 mi away

7%8

Mehoopany19.3 mi away

6%7

Tunkhannock12.6 mi away

5%6

Dimock8 mi away

3%4

Springville7.7 mi away

3%4

Montrose10.6 mi away

3%3

Meshoppen16.2 mi away

3%3

Clinton9.8 mi away

3%3

Clifford11 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%67

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

How far

How far Hop Bottom commutes

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

22%

49%

21%

22%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hop Bottom 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 Hop Bottom are

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

Jobs based in Hop Bottom

215 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Hop Bottom residents hold

117 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−26%

Jobs based in Hop Bottom, 2013 → 2023: 289 → 215. 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.