Work & commute · Jersey Shore

Work & commute in Jersey Shore, PA

Most working residents leave Jersey Shore for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Williamsport (17%), Lock Haven (4%) and Loyalsock (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

264 of 1,782 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,518 Jersey Shore residents head out of town to work, 264 work right here, and 1,493 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jersey Shore.

1,518live here, work elsewhere

264live and work here

1,493work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jersey Shore goes to work

Williamsport12.3 mi away

17%307

Jersey Shore (in town)right here

15%264

Lock Haven10.7 mi away

4%63

Loyalsock15.5 mi away

3%61

Pine Creek3.5 mi away

3%58

Porter1.2 mi away

3%56

Castanea9.7 mi away

2%43

Flemington11.7 mi away

2%39

South Williamsport14 mi away

2%29

Montoursville18.4 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%834

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

How far

How far Jersey Shore commutes

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

28%

39%

23%

28%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jersey Shore is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Jersey Shore are

1,757 jobs are based in Jersey Shore. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jersey Shore’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jersey Shore

1,757 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Jersey Shore residents hold

1,782 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+9%

Jobs based in Jersey Shore, 2013 → 2023: 1,614 → 1,757. 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.