Work & commute · Mahoning

Work & commute in Mahoning, PA

Most working residents leave Mahoning for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Lehighton (7%), Allentown (5%) and Upper Macungie (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

126 of 1,970 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 1,844 Mahoning residents head out of town to work, 126 work right here, and 1,800 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mahoning.

1,844live here, work elsewhere

126live and work here

1,800work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mahoning goes to work

Lehighton2.8 mi away

7%138

Mahoning (in town)right here

6%126

Allentown21.2 mi away

5%95

Upper Macungie18.2 mi away

5%90

Franklin6.2 mi away

4%75

Salisbury22.9 mi away

3%58

Bethlehem24.3 mi away

3%54

Fountain Hill24 mi away

2%47

South Whitehall17.5 mi away

2%47

North Whitehall13.3 mi away

2%46

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%1,194

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

How far

How far Mahoning commutes

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

26%

43%

15%

17%

26%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mahoning is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mahoning are

1,926 jobs are based in Mahoning. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mahoning’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mahoning

1,926 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Mahoning residents hold

1,970 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+2%

Jobs based in Mahoning, 2013 → 2023: 1,887 → 1,926. 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.