Work & commute · Lower Mahanoy

Work & commute in Lower Mahanoy, PA

Most working residents leave Lower Mahanoy for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (6%), Jackson (4%) and Upper Mahantongo (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

56 of 647 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 591 Lower Mahanoy residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 371 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lower Mahanoy.

591live here, work elsewhere

56live and work here

371work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lower Mahanoy goes to work

Lower Mahanoy (in town)right here

9%56

Washington7.2 mi away

6%36

Jackson5.9 mi away

4%25

Upper Mahantongo14.3 mi away

4%25

Upper Paxton5.5 mi away

4%24

Gratz9.3 mi away

3%21

Mahoning26.5 mi away

3%20

Sunbury15.7 mi away

3%18

Hegins19.9 mi away

3%18

Coal21.1 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%389

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

How far

How far Lower Mahanoy commutes

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

36%

27%

19%

18%

36%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lower Mahanoy is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lower Mahanoy are

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

Jobs based in Lower Mahanoy

427 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Lower Mahanoy residents hold

647 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+23%

Jobs based in Lower Mahanoy, 2013 → 2023: 347 → 427. 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.