Work & commute · Lumber

Work & commute in Lumber, PA

Most working residents leave Lumber for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Emporium (32%), Shippen (18%) and St. Marys (9%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 56 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 54 Lumber residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lumber.

54live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

14work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lumber goes to work

Emporium4.4 mi away

32%18

Shippen9 mi away

18%10

St. Marys19.3 mi away

9%5

Kane35.9 mi away

4%2

Bradford40.9 mi away

4%2

Lumber (in town)right here

4%2

Eulalia18.6 mi away

4%2

Foster40.2 mi away

4%2

Big Rapids, MI402.5 mi away

2%1

Hughesville76 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%11

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

How far

How far Lumber commutes

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

54%

16%

14%

54%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lumber is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lumber are

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

Jobs based in Lumber

16 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Lumber residents hold

56 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−33%

Jobs based in Lumber, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 16. 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.