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Work & commute in Linntown · Balanced

97% of Linntown’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Linntown for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Lewisburg (19%), Kelly (10%) and Mahoning (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Work in town
3%
24 of 770 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
14 min
Less than PA (26 min)
Work from home
7%
Less than PA (16%)
Jobs based here
956
Balanced

What kind of work town is Linntown?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Time on the road

About 14 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
107 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Linntown14 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
7%

of Linntown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
The jobs

What the 956 jobs in Linntown are

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

Jobs based in LinntownJobs Linntown residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms5%10%
Trade, transport & utilities17%14%
Services: health, schools, offices78%76%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less22%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%18%
Over $3,333 a month49%66%

Who does it

29 or younger23%16%
30 to 5450%58%
55 and older27%26%
+53%

Jobs based in Linntown, 2013 → 2023: 626 → 956. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Next door

25% of Linntown works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Lewisburg (19%). Darker towns draw more of Linntown’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Lewisburg12 min
Linntown14 min
East Buffalo15 min
Day and night

Linntown fills up on a workday

On a workday 746 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 932 people come in from elsewhere.

746live here, work elsewhere
24live and work here
932work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night1,800
Workday2,000
1,800live here− 750head out to work+ 930come in to work= 2,000on a workday

About 2,000 people are in Linntown on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
1.24jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

19% of working residents work in Lewisburg

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Lewisburg: 144 residents work here (19%)Selinsgrove: 13 residents work here (2%)Mifflinburg: 11 residents work here (1%)Sunbury: 10 residents work here (1%)Milton: 16 residents work here (2%)Williamsport: 19 residents work here (2%)West ChillisquaqueKelly: 78 residents work here (10%)HartleyBuffalo: 12 residents work here (2%)PennEast Buffalo: 47 residents work here (6%)White DeerMahoning: 56 residents work here (7%)LinntownLewisburgKellyMahoningEast BuffaloWilliamsportMiltonLinntown
1
Lewisburg0.8 mi away
19%144
2
Kelly3.1 mi away
10%78
3
Mahoning15.7 mi away
7%56
4
East Buffalo2 mi away
6%47
5
Williamsport20.8 mi away
2%19
6
Milton4.1 mi away
2%16
7
Selinsgrove10.9 mi away
2%13
8
Buffalo4.1 mi away
2%12
9
Mifflinburg8.1 mi away
1%11
10
Sunbury8.8 mi away
1%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%364
The top trips

Where Linntown clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

How far

Half of Linntown commutes less than 11 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi30 miLewisburg: 19% · 0.8 miKelly: 10% · 3.1 miMahoning: 7% · 15.7 miEast Buffalo: 6% · 2 miWilliamsport: 2% · 20.8 miMilton: 2% · 4.1 miSelinsgrove: 2% · 10.9 miBuffalo: 2% · 4.1 miMifflinburg: 1% · 8.1 miSunbury: 1% · 8.8 miLewisburg 19%Kelly 10%Mahoning 7%East Buffalo 6%Williamsport 2%Linntown
LinntownTop destinations (size = commuters)
48%Under 10 mi372 residents
22%10–24 mi172 residents
9%25–50 mi67 residents
21%Over 50 mi158 residents

About 21% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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