Work & commute · Lightstreet

Work & commute in Lightstreet, PA

Most working residents leave Lightstreet for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Bloomsburg (11%), Mahoning (9%) and Scott (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 468 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 467 Lightstreet residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lightstreet.

467live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

69work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lightstreet goes to work

Bloomsburg3.2 mi away

11%51

Mahoning10.8 mi away

9%44

Scott1 mi away

8%38

South Centre3.3 mi away

6%30

Berwick8.8 mi away

5%24

Salem13.1 mi away

4%20

Hemlock5.5 mi away

4%18

Danville11.4 mi away

2%9

Briar Creek7 mi away

2%9

Wilkes-Barre31.7 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%217

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

How far

How far Lightstreet commutes

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

43%

28%

11%

18%

43%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lightstreet 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 Lightstreet are

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

Jobs based in Lightstreet

70 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Lightstreet residents hold

468 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+56%

Jobs based in Lightstreet, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 70. 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.