Work & commute · Monroe

Work & commute in Monroe, PA

Most working residents leave Monroe for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Mahoning (7%), Selinsgrove (6%) and Penn (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

156 of 1,748 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,592 Monroe residents head out of town to work, 156 work right here, and 3,903 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monroe.

1,592live here, work elsewhere

156live and work here

3,903work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monroe goes to work

Monroe (in town)right here

9%156

Mahoning15.3 mi away

7%120

Selinsgrove4.2 mi away

6%100

Penn4.2 mi away

5%91

Sunbury3.8 mi away

4%78

Kelly10 mi away

3%51

Lewisburg7.3 mi away

3%47

Harrisburg40.5 mi away

2%43

Point6.7 mi away

2%35

Milton9.7 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%993

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

How far

How far Monroe commutes

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

40%

24%

18%

17%

40%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monroe is a job hub

2.32jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Monroe are

4,059 jobs are based in Monroe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Monroe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Monroe

4,059 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Monroe residents hold

1,748 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+8%

Jobs based in Monroe, 2013 → 2023: 3,760 → 4,059. 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.