Work & commute · Lehman

Work & commute in Lehman, PA

Most working residents leave Lehman for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are New York (7%), Middle Smithfield (6%) and East Stroudsburg (6%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

241 of 3,954 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

53 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,713 Lehman residents head out of town to work, 241 work right here, and 352 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lehman.

3,713live here, work elsewhere

241live and work here

352work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lehman goes to work

New York, NY64.6 mi away

7%262

Lehman (in town)right here

6%241

Middle Smithfield7.3 mi away

6%237

East Stroudsburg13.8 mi away

6%222

Smithfield11.6 mi away

4%156

Stroud15.9 mi away

4%146

Pocono17.8 mi away

3%135

Stroudsburg15.7 mi away

2%77

Philadelphia79.3 mi away

2%62

Milford15.4 mi away

1%58

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%2,358

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

How far

How far Lehman commutes

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

14%

31%

20%

35%

14%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lehman is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lehman are

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

Jobs based in Lehman

593 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Lehman residents hold

3,954 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−8%

Jobs based in Lehman, 2013 → 2023: 643 → 593. 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.