Work & commute · La Plume

Work & commute in La Plume, PA

Most working residents leave La Plume for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Scranton (12%), South Abington (6%) and Dunmore (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 199 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 198 La Plume residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Plume.

198live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

32work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Plume goes to work

Scranton11.8 mi away

12%23

South Abington6.2 mi away

6%11

Dunmore13.2 mi away

5%10

Clarks Summit5.6 mi away

5%9

Factoryville1 mi away

4%7

Wilkes-Barre22.3 mi away

4%7

Moosic14.1 mi away

3%5

Mehoopany16.4 mi away

2%4

Newton7.5 mi away

2%4

Glenburn3.5 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%115

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

How far

How far La Plume commutes

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

28%

44%

20%

28%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Plume is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in La Plume are

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

Jobs based in La Plume

33 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs La Plume residents hold

199 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−95%

Jobs based in La Plume, 2013 → 2023: 628 → 33. 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.