Work & commute · Larksville

Work & commute in Larksville, PA

Most working residents leave Larksville for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Wilkes-Barre (20%), Kingston (8%) and Hanover (6%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47 of 1,829 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,782 Larksville residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 370 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Larksville.

1,782live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

370work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Larksville goes to work

Wilkes-Barre3.1 mi away

20%363

Kingston2.3 mi away

8%148

Hanover4.5 mi away

6%117

Plains6.1 mi away

6%110

Wilkes-Barre4.2 mi away

3%51

Larksville (in town)right here

3%47

Pittston11.6 mi away

3%46

Scranton16.8 mi away

2%43

Luzerne2.4 mi away

2%34

Wright9.9 mi away

2%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%839

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

How far

How far Larksville commutes

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

66%

11%

18%

66%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Larksville 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 Larksville are

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

Jobs based in Larksville

417 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Larksville residents hold

1,829 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−22%

Jobs based in Larksville, 2013 → 2023: 533 → 417. 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.