Work & commute · Lawrenceville

Work & commute in Lawrenceville, PA

Most working residents leave Lawrenceville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Elmira (8%), Erwin (7%) and Lawrence (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 296 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 293 Lawrenceville residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lawrenceville.

293live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

80work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lawrenceville goes to work

Elmira, NY17.8 mi away

8%24

Erwin, NY9.8 mi away

7%20

Lawrence1.8 mi away

6%18

Corning, NY11.2 mi away

5%15

Big Flats, NY14.8 mi away

3%10

Jackson7.3 mi away

3%10

Corning, NY12.1 mi away

3%9

New York, NY189.5 mi away

3%8

Sayre31.3 mi away

2%6

Williamsport52.5 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%170

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

How far

How far Lawrenceville commutes

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

18%

41%

33%

18%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lawrenceville is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lawrenceville are

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

Jobs based in Lawrenceville

83 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less41%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Lawrenceville residents hold

296 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−36%

Jobs based in Lawrenceville, 2013 → 2023: 130 → 83. 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.