Work & commute · Main

Work & commute in Main, PA

Most working residents leave Main for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Bloomsburg (12%), Mahoning (12%) and Hemlock (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 603 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 600 Main residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Main.

600live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

68work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Main goes to work

Bloomsburg4.5 mi away

12%74

Mahoning11.6 mi away

12%72

Hemlock8.1 mi away

5%30

Scott3.7 mi away

4%26

Berwick8.5 mi away

4%25

South Centre4 mi away

3%20

Danville12.3 mi away

2%11

Salem13.5 mi away

2%11

Philadelphia93.5 mi away

2%10

Franklin7.6 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%315

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

How far

How far Main commutes

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

41%

27%

14%

19%

41%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Main is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Main are

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

Jobs based in Main

71 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Main residents hold

603 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−16%

Jobs based in Main, 2013 → 2023: 85 → 71. 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.