Work & commute · Mehoopany

Work & commute in Mehoopany, PA

Most working residents leave Mehoopany for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Tunkhannock (12%), Tunkhannock (5%) and Scranton (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 369 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 338 Mehoopany residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 2,364 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mehoopany.

338live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

2,364work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mehoopany goes to work

Tunkhannock9.3 mi away

12%46

Mehoopany (in town)right here

8%31

Tunkhannock7 mi away

5%20

Scranton24 mi away

4%13

Meshoppen5.4 mi away

4%13

Wilkes-Barre23.9 mi away

3%10

Wyalusing13.1 mi away

2%9

Philadelphia117.8 mi away

2%6

South Abington21 mi away

2%6

Eaton8.1 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%209

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

How far

How far Mehoopany commutes

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

37%

28%

11%

25%

37%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mehoopany is a job hub

6.49jobs per working resident

A job hub

6.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Mehoopany are

2,395 jobs are based in Mehoopany. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mehoopany’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mehoopany

2,395 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)83%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month85%

Jobs Mehoopany residents hold

369 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−17%

Jobs based in Mehoopany, 2013 → 2023: 2,892 → 2,395. 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.