Work & commute · Jessup

Work & commute in Jessup, PA

Most working residents leave Jessup for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Scranton (16%), Archbald (8%) and Dunmore (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

163 of 2,059 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 1,896 Jessup residents head out of town to work, 163 work right here, and 3,974 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jessup.

1,896live here, work elsewhere

163live and work here

3,974work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jessup goes to work

Scranton7.2 mi away

16%332

Jessup (in town)right here

8%163

Archbald3.7 mi away

8%160

Dunmore4.3 mi away

6%123

Dickson City4.9 mi away

3%71

Blakely3.7 mi away

3%63

Moosic10.3 mi away

3%52

South Abington7.8 mi away

2%49

Olyphant1.9 mi away

2%46

Wilkes-Barre22.4 mi away

2%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%955

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

How far

How far Jessup commutes

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

58%

16%

20%

58%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jessup is a job hub

2.01jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Jessup are

4,137 jobs are based in Jessup. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jessup’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jessup

4,137 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities57%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Jessup residents hold

2,059 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+66%

Jobs based in Jessup, 2013 → 2023: 2,495 → 4,137. 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.