Work & commute · Mount Pocono

Work & commute in Mount Pocono, PA

Most working residents leave Mount Pocono for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Pocono (15%), New York (6%) and Paradise (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

85 of 1,197 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 1,112 Mount Pocono residents head out of town to work, 85 work right here, and 940 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Pocono.

1,112live here, work elsewhere

85live and work here

940work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Pocono goes to work

Pocono5.4 mi away

15%174

Mount Pocono (in town)right here

7%85

New York, NY80.6 mi away

6%76

Paradise4.2 mi away

4%51

Coolbaugh6.4 mi away

4%51

Tobyhanna8.3 mi away

4%42

Stroud11.5 mi away

3%38

East Stroudsburg12.7 mi away

2%21

Barrett9.1 mi away

2%21

Allentown37.1 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%620

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

How far

How far Mount Pocono commutes

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

36%

13%

20%

31%

36%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Pocono is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Pocono are

1,025 jobs are based in Mount Pocono. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mount Pocono’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mount Pocono

1,025 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Mount Pocono residents hold

1,197 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−1%

Jobs based in Mount Pocono, 2013 → 2023: 1,032 → 1,025. 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.