Work & commute · Kingston

Work & commute in Kingston, PA

Most working residents leave Kingston for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Wilkes-Barre (17%), Plains (8%) and Hanover (5%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

560 of 5,518 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,958 Kingston residents head out of town to work, 560 work right here, and 5,349 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kingston.

4,958live here, work elsewhere

560live and work here

5,349work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kingston goes to work

Wilkes-Barre1.4 mi away

17%914

Kingston (in town)right here

10%560

Plains3.8 mi away

8%422

Hanover5.3 mi away

5%289

Scranton15 mi away

3%158

Pittston9.4 mi away

3%153

Wilkes-Barre2.6 mi away

2%128

Jenkins7.1 mi away

2%127

Philadelphia95.3 mi away

2%119

Forty Fort1.3 mi away

2%99

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%2,549

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

How far

How far Kingston commutes

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

64%

11%

19%

64%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kingston is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kingston are

5,909 jobs are based in Kingston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kingston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kingston

5,909 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Kingston residents hold

5,518 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−33%

Jobs based in Kingston, 2013 → 2023: 8,821 → 5,909. 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.