Work & commute · Lackawannock

Work & commute in Lackawannock, PA

Most working residents leave Lackawannock for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Hermitage (14%), Sharon (4%) and Farrell (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53 of 913 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 860 Lackawannock residents head out of town to work, 53 work right here, and 170 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lackawannock.

860live here, work elsewhere

53live and work here

170work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lackawannock goes to work

Hermitage5.2 mi away

14%127

Lackawannock (in town)right here

6%53

Sharon8.1 mi away

4%37

Farrell7.6 mi away

3%29

New Castle14 mi away

3%29

Pittsburgh55.9 mi away

3%27

West Middlesex5.6 mi away

3%26

East Lackawannock4.3 mi away

3%25

Springfield8.7 mi away

2%15

Shenango6.5 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%530

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

How far

How far Lackawannock commutes

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

46%

20%

11%

23%

46%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lackawannock is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lackawannock are

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

Jobs based in Lackawannock

223 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)85%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Lackawannock residents hold

913 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−19%

Jobs based in Lackawannock, 2013 → 2023: 276 → 223. 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.