Work & commute · Jenkins

Work & commute in Jenkins, PA

Most working residents leave Jenkins for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Wilkes-Barre (11%), Plains (8%) and Pittston (7%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

108 of 1,752 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,644 Jenkins residents head out of town to work, 108 work right here, and 5,493 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jenkins.

1,644live here, work elsewhere

108live and work here

5,493work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jenkins goes to work

Wilkes-Barre6.9 mi away

11%193

Plains3.5 mi away

8%135

Pittston2.5 mi away

7%115

Jenkins (in town)right here

6%108

Scranton9.5 mi away

6%99

Pittston3.6 mi away

4%71

Hanover11.5 mi away

3%54

Kingston7.1 mi away

3%51

Moosic6 mi away

2%43

Dunmore11.8 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%849

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

How far

How far Jenkins commutes

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

59%

16%

19%

59%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jenkins is a job hub

3.20jobs 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 Jenkins are

5,601 jobs are based in Jenkins. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jenkins’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jenkins

5,601 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities59%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Jenkins residents hold

1,752 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+53%

Jobs based in Jenkins, 2013 → 2023: 3,655 → 5,601. 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.