Work & commute · Lehman

Work & commute in Lehman, PA

Most working residents leave Lehman for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Wilkes-Barre (13%), Dallas (7%) and Plains (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

75 of 1,482 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,407 Lehman residents head out of town to work, 75 work right here, and 382 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lehman.

1,407live here, work elsewhere

75live and work here

382work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lehman goes to work

Wilkes-Barre9 mi away

13%194

Dallas5.8 mi away

7%97

Plains11.8 mi away

6%85

Lehman (in town)right here

5%75

Kingston8.1 mi away

4%66

Scranton20.8 mi away

3%51

Hanover8.1 mi away

3%50

Dallas4.4 mi away

2%26

Pittston16.8 mi away

2%25

Kingston7.6 mi away

2%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%789

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.

41%

33%

19%

41%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lehman is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lehman are

457 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

457 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Lehman residents hold

1,482 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−50%

Jobs based in Lehman, 2013 → 2023: 913 → 457. 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.