Work & commute · Jermyn

Work & commute in Jermyn, PA

Most working residents leave Jermyn for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Scranton (17%), Archbald (6%) and Dunmore (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32 of 1,010 working residents

Typical commute

10 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 978 Jermyn residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 194 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jermyn.

978live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

194work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jermyn goes to work

Scranton10.6 mi away

17%171

Archbald1.5 mi away

6%65

Dunmore8.6 mi away

5%47

Jessup5.1 mi away

4%38

Scott4.3 mi away

3%34

Jermyn (in town)right here

3%32

Dickson City6.2 mi away

3%30

Blakely4.1 mi away

2%25

South Abington7.8 mi away

2%25

Moosic14 mi away

2%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%519

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

How far

How far Jermyn commutes

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

49%

23%

11%

17%

49%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jermyn is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jermyn are

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

Jobs based in Jermyn

226 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Jermyn residents hold

1,010 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+30%

Jobs based in Jermyn, 2013 → 2023: 174 → 226. 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.