Work & commute · Hughestown

Work & commute in Hughestown, PA

Most working residents leave Hughestown for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Scranton (8%), Wilkes-Barre (8%) and Plains (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 702 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 679 Hughestown residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 391 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hughestown.

679live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

391work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hughestown goes to work

Scranton7.5 mi away

8%59

Wilkes-Barre7.9 mi away

8%56

Plains5 mi away

6%39

Pittston3.2 mi away

5%36

Pittston0.8 mi away

5%32

Jenkins3.3 mi away

4%28

Moosic4.3 mi away

3%24

Hughestown (in town)right here

3%23

Hanover12.6 mi away

3%19

Kingston7.5 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%370

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

How far

How far Hughestown commutes

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

61%

17%

61%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hughestown is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.59 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hughestown are

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

Jobs based in Hughestown

414 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Hughestown residents hold

702 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 month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+196%

Jobs based in Hughestown, 2013 → 2023: 140 → 414. 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.