Work & commute · Laurel Run

Work & commute in Laurel Run, PA

Most working residents leave Laurel Run for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Wilkes-Barre (15%), Plains (12%) and Kingston (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 206 working residents

Typical commute

8 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 205 Laurel Run residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 129 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Laurel Run.

205live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

129work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Laurel Run goes to work

Wilkes-Barre2.5 mi away

15%31

Plains3.5 mi away

12%25

Kingston3.8 mi away

5%10

Wilkes-Barre1.3 mi away

4%8

Hanover5.3 mi away

4%8

Wright7.4 mi away

3%7

Jenkins6.5 mi away

3%7

Dallas11.4 mi away

3%7

Moosic12.3 mi away

2%5

Philadelphia91.6 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%94

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

How far

How far Laurel Run commutes

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

61%

13%

18%

61%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Laurel Run is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Laurel Run are

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

Jobs based in Laurel Run

130 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less65%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Laurel Run residents hold

206 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−38%

Jobs based in Laurel Run, 2013 → 2023: 209 → 130. 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.