Work & commute · North Centre

Work & commute in North Centre, PA

Most working residents leave North Centre for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Bloomsburg (11%), Mahoning (9%) and South Centre (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 882 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 870 North Centre residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 156 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Centre.

870live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

156work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Centre goes to work

Bloomsburg6.5 mi away

11%98

Mahoning14.2 mi away

9%79

South Centre2.1 mi away

8%70

Berwick5.7 mi away

6%52

Scott3.9 mi away

6%50

Salem9.7 mi away

5%44

Hemlock8.8 mi away

3%30

Philadelphia97.2 mi away

2%14

North Centre (in town)right here

1%12

Mifflin4.9 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%421

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

How far

How far North Centre commutes

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

43%

24%

12%

21%

43%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Centre 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 North Centre are

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

Jobs based in North Centre

168 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs North Centre residents hold

882 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−5%

Jobs based in North Centre, 2013 → 2023: 176 → 168. 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.