Work & commute · Lackawaxen

Work & commute in Lackawaxen, PA

Most working residents leave Lackawaxen for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Palmyra (5%), Honesdale (5%) and Milford (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

351 of 2,127 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,776 Lackawaxen residents head out of town to work, 351 work right here, and 861 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lackawaxen.

1,776live here, work elsewhere

351live and work here

861work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lackawaxen goes to work

Lackawaxen (in town)right here

17%351

Palmyra10.3 mi away

5%101

Honesdale11.1 mi away

5%100

Milford18.1 mi away

3%54

Texas10.8 mi away

2%52

Blooming Grove9.5 mi away

2%48

Scranton31.7 mi away

2%47

Lake16.2 mi away

2%47

New York, NY82.1 mi away

2%45

Berlin7.9 mi away

2%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%1,245

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

How far

How far Lackawaxen commutes

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

32%

21%

27%

32%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lackawaxen 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 Lackawaxen are

1,212 jobs are based in Lackawaxen. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lackawaxen’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lackawaxen

1,212 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Lackawaxen residents hold

2,127 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+19%

Jobs based in Lackawaxen, 2013 → 2023: 1,022 → 1,212. 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.