Work & commute · Kline

Work & commute in Kline, PA

Most working residents leave Kline for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Hazle (11%), Rush (5%) and Hazleton (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 632 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 625 Kline residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 352 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kline.

625live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

352work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kline goes to work

Hazle5.8 mi away

11%72

Rush4.6 mi away

5%34

Hazleton6.4 mi away

5%31

West Hazleton6.7 mi away

4%24

Tamaqua8.3 mi away

3%22

Upper Macungie30.9 mi away

3%19

Philadelphia77 mi away

2%15

Harrisburg60.4 mi away

2%14

West Penn13.4 mi away

2%13

Pottsville16 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%376

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

How far

How far Kline commutes

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

40%

19%

20%

21%

40%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kline is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kline are

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

Jobs based in Kline

359 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Kline residents hold

632 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−54%

Jobs based in Kline, 2013 → 2023: 789 → 359. 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.