Work & commute · Laporte

Work & commute in Laporte, PA

Most working residents leave Laporte for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Laporte (11%), New York (6%) and Mehoopany (4%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
2 of 132 working residents
Typical commute
30 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
33 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
13%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 130 Laporte residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Laporte.

130live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
28work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Laporte goes to work

New YorkDuboistownBentonDushoreLaporteSayreConnellsvilleHonesdaleWilliamsportScrantonMehoopanyMeshoppenJordanLoyalsockDavidsonLaporteForksCherryColleyTunkhannockShrewsburyLaporteNew YorkMehoopanyColleySayreCherryTunkhannockWilliamsportLoyalsockBentonLaporte
1
Laporte3.7 mi away
11%15
2
New York, NY139.4 mi away
6%8
3
Mehoopany20.1 mi away
4%5
4
Colley7.3 mi away
4%5
5
Sayre39.8 mi away
3%4
6
Cherry6.2 mi away
3%4
7
Tunkhannock28.5 mi away
3%4
8
Williamsport34.1 mi away
2%3
9
Loyalsock30.8 mi away
2%3
10
Benton15.2 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
60%79

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

How far

How far Laporte commutes

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

20%Under 10 mi
17%10–24 mi
29%25–50 mi
35%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Laporte is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Laporte are

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

Jobs based in Laporte

30 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities27%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less37%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%
Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Laporte residents hold

132 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)51%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month58%
+30%

Jobs based in Laporte, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 30. 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.

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