Work & commute · Nanticoke

Work & commute in Nanticoke, PA

Most working residents leave Nanticoke for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Wilkes-Barre (14%), Hanover (12%) and Plains (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

386 of 4,084 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 3,698 Nanticoke residents head out of town to work, 386 work right here, and 1,514 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nanticoke.

3,698live here, work elsewhere

386live and work here

1,514work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nanticoke goes to work

Wilkes-Barre7.2 mi away

14%592

Hanover3 mi away

12%476

Nanticoke (in town)right here

9%386

Plains10.6 mi away

6%239

Kingston7.4 mi away

3%142

Scranton22.3 mi away

3%118

Wright7.4 mi away

3%116

Wilkes-Barre7.6 mi away

3%113

Philadelphia94 mi away

2%82

Jenkins14.1 mi away

2%80

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,740

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

How far

How far Nanticoke commutes

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

54%

19%

18%

54%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nanticoke is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nanticoke are

1,900 jobs are based in Nanticoke. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Nanticoke’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Nanticoke

1,900 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Nanticoke residents hold

4,084 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−6%

Jobs based in Nanticoke, 2013 → 2023: 2,028 → 1,900. 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.