Work & commute · Lenox

Work & commute in Lenox, PA

Most working residents leave Lenox for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Scranton (8%), Clifford (5%) and Carbondale (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 666 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 638 Lenox residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 341 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lenox.

638live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

341work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lenox goes to work

Scranton20.2 mi away

8%56

Clifford7.5 mi away

5%33

Lenox (in town)right here

4%28

Carbondale13.2 mi away

3%20

Dunmore20.3 mi away

3%17

New York, NY116.1 mi away

2%16

South Abington14.2 mi away

2%15

Jessup18.5 mi away

2%14

Archbald15.2 mi away

2%13

Scott11.3 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%442

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

How far

How far Lenox commutes

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

17%

44%

12%

27%

17%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lenox is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lenox are

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

Jobs based in Lenox

369 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Lenox residents hold

666 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+18%

Jobs based in Lenox, 2013 → 2023: 312 → 369. 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.