Work & commute · Lower Augusta

Work & commute in Lower Augusta, PA

Most working residents leave Lower Augusta for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Mahoning (9%), Sunbury (8%) and Upper Augusta (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 421 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 420 Lower Augusta residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 98 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lower Augusta.

420live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

98work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lower Augusta goes to work

Mahoning16.7 mi away

9%36

Sunbury5.6 mi away

8%32

Upper Augusta6.8 mi away

7%30

Monroe6 mi away

4%16

Northumberland8 mi away

4%15

Rockefeller5 mi away

4%15

Kelly16 mi away

3%12

Point10.6 mi away

3%11

Selinsgrove3.1 mi away

2%10

Philadelphia103.2 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%234

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

How far

How far Lower Augusta commutes

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

36%

32%

15%

18%

36%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lower Augusta is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lower Augusta are

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

Jobs based in Lower Augusta

99 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Lower Augusta residents hold

421 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+29%

Jobs based in Lower Augusta, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 99. 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.