Work & commute · Hunlock

Work & commute in Hunlock, PA

Most working residents leave Hunlock for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Wilkes-Barre (11%), Hanover (6%) and Plains (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29 of 971 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 942 Hunlock residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 85 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hunlock.

942live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

85work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hunlock goes to work

Wilkes-Barre12 mi away

11%109

Hanover8.6 mi away

6%61

Plains15.3 mi away

4%42

Hunlock (in town)right here

3%29

Nanticoke5.8 mi away

3%26

Berwick14.1 mi away

3%25

Scranton25.9 mi away

3%25

Union3 mi away

2%22

Salem9.3 mi away

2%21

Kingston11.6 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%591

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

How far

How far Hunlock commutes

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

23%

48%

12%

18%

23%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hunlock is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hunlock are

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

Jobs based in Hunlock

114 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Hunlock residents hold

971 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+30%

Jobs based in Hunlock, 2013 → 2023: 88 → 114. 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.