Work & commute · Middle Smithfield

Work & commute in Middle Smithfield, PA

Most working residents leave Middle Smithfield for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are East Stroudsburg (7%), Stroud (6%) and New York (6%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

342 of 5,802 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

50 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,460 Middle Smithfield residents head out of town to work, 342 work right here, and 1,173 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Middle Smithfield.

5,460live here, work elsewhere

342live and work here

1,173work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Middle Smithfield goes to work

East Stroudsburg7.1 mi away

7%411

Middle Smithfield (in town)right here

6%342

Stroud8.8 mi away

6%339

New York, NY68.2 mi away

6%334

Smithfield5.2 mi away

5%294

Pocono10.7 mi away

5%271

Stroudsburg9 mi away

3%199

Bethlehem35.1 mi away

2%95

Allentown39.7 mi away

1%84

Philadelphia75.1 mi away

1%83

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%3,350

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

How far

How far Middle Smithfield commutes

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

29%

15%

24%

32%

29%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Middle Smithfield is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Middle Smithfield are

1,515 jobs are based in Middle Smithfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Middle Smithfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Middle Smithfield

1,515 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Middle Smithfield residents hold

5,802 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+13%

Jobs based in Middle Smithfield, 2013 → 2023: 1,344 → 1,515. 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.