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Work & commute in Moscow, PA

Most working residents leave Moscow for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Scranton (18%), Dunmore (6%) and Covington (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
36 of 895 working residents
Typical commute
11 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 859 Moscow residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 692 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moscow.

859live here, work elsewhere
36live and work here
692work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Moscow goes to work

MoscowDickson CityJessupMoosicWilkes-BarreDunmoreScrantonPhiladelphiaSpring BrookCovingtonPoconoCliftonJeffersonRoaring BrookMadisonElmhurstScrantonDunmoreCovingtonWilkes-BarreMoosicJessupPhiladelphiaPoconoDickson CityMoscow
1
Scranton8.3 mi away
18%160
2
Dunmore6.1 mi away
6%56
3
Covington3.4 mi away
4%40
4
Moscow (in town)right here
4%36
5
Wilkes-Barre19.2 mi away
3%26
6
Moosic8.9 mi away
3%24
7
Jessup7.7 mi away
2%17
8
Philadelphia94.4 mi away
2%17
9
Pocono22.9 mi away
2%17
10
Dickson City10.4 mi away
2%16
Everywhere elseother towns and states
54%486

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

How far

How far Moscow commutes

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

44%Under 10 mi
32%10–24 mi
5%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Moscow is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Moscow are

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

Jobs based in Moscow

728 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities12%
Services (health, schools, offices…)67%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Moscow residents hold

895 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)12%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)65%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month66%
+10%

Jobs based in Moscow, 2013 → 2023: 660 → 728. 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.

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