Work & commute · Mocanaqua

Work & commute in Mocanaqua, PA

Most working residents leave Mocanaqua for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Berwick (11%), Mahoning (5%) and Wilkes-Barre (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 215 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 215 Mocanaqua residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mocanaqua.

215live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

41work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mocanaqua goes to work

Berwick8.4 mi away

11%24

Mahoning27.2 mi away

5%11

Wilkes-Barre15.3 mi away

5%10

Hazle13.9 mi away

5%10

Salem3.5 mi away

4%8

West Hazleton12.7 mi away

3%7

South Centre13.7 mi away

3%6

Hazleton15.5 mi away

2%5

Wilkes-Barre15.7 mi away

2%5

Bloomsburg19.3 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%125

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

How far

How far Mocanaqua commutes

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

22%

41%

21%

16%

22%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mocanaqua is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mocanaqua are

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

Jobs based in Mocanaqua

41 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less61%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month12%

Jobs Mocanaqua residents hold

215 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+46%

Jobs based in Mocanaqua, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 41. 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.