Work & commute · Kelly

Work & commute in Kelly, PA

Most working residents leave Kelly for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Lewisburg (6%), Mifflinburg (5%) and East Buffalo (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

145 of 1,472 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,327 Kelly residents head out of town to work, 145 work right here, and 3,958 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kelly.

1,327live here, work elsewhere

145live and work here

3,958work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kelly goes to work

Kelly (in town)right here

10%145

Lewisburg2.9 mi away

6%89

Mifflinburg8.6 mi away

5%72

East Buffalo4.9 mi away

5%72

Milton3.6 mi away

5%69

Mahoning16.8 mi away

4%64

Buffalo3.8 mi away

4%57

Williamsport17.7 mi away

3%37

Monroe10 mi away

2%25

White Deer4.2 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%817

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

How far

How far Kelly commutes

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

43%

25%

43%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kelly is a job hub

2.79jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kelly are

4,103 jobs are based in Kelly. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kelly’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kelly

4,103 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Kelly residents hold

1,472 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+18%

Jobs based in Kelly, 2013 → 2023: 3,489 → 4,103. 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.