Work & commute · Laflin

Work & commute in Laflin, PA

Most working residents leave Laflin for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Wilkes-Barre (21%), Plains (12%) and Scranton (6%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 789 working residents

Typical commute

6 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 782 Laflin residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 274 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Laflin.

782live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

274work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Laflin goes to work

Wilkes-Barre5.2 mi away

21%166

Plains2.1 mi away

12%93

Scranton10.3 mi away

6%47

Pittston4.3 mi away

4%35

Jenkins2.3 mi away

3%27

Kingston5.1 mi away

3%24

Pittston2.7 mi away

2%19

Moosic7 mi away

2%18

Dunmore13 mi away

2%18

Jessup17.3 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%325

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

How far

How far Laflin commutes

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

62%

16%

62%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Laflin is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Laflin are

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

Jobs based in Laflin

281 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Laflin residents hold

789 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−62%

Jobs based in Laflin, 2013 → 2023: 731 → 281. 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.