Work & commute · Lock Haven

Work & commute in Lock Haven, PA

Most working residents leave Lock Haven for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Williamsport (5%), Castanea (5%) and Bald Eagle (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

492 of 3,028 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,536 Lock Haven residents head out of town to work, 492 work right here, and 2,654 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lock Haven.

2,536live here, work elsewhere

492live and work here

2,654work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lock Haven goes to work

Lock Haven (in town)right here

16%492

Williamsport22.9 mi away

5%166

Castanea2.1 mi away

5%154

Bald Eagle5.7 mi away

4%110

Flemington1.1 mi away

3%91

Jersey Shore10.7 mi away

3%89

College29.3 mi away

2%71

Wayne6.7 mi away

2%63

Loyalsock26.1 mi away

2%48

Pine Creek7.3 mi away

1%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%1,701

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

How far

How far Lock Haven commutes

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

38%

15%

17%

30%

38%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lock Haven is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lock Haven are

3,146 jobs are based in Lock Haven. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lock Haven’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lock Haven

3,146 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Lock Haven residents hold

3,028 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−14%

Jobs based in Lock Haven, 2013 → 2023: 3,677 → 3,146. 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.