Work & commute · North Towanda

Work & commute in North Towanda, PA

Most working residents leave North Towanda for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Wysox (12%), Towanda (11%) and Wyalusing (10%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

45 of 437 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 392 North Towanda residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 1,496 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Towanda.

392live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

1,496work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Towanda goes to work

Wysox5.5 mi away

12%54

Towanda1.9 mi away

11%48

North Towanda (in town)right here

10%45

Wyalusing12.9 mi away

10%42

Sayre14.1 mi away

5%22

Athens12.5 mi away

4%19

New York, NY153 mi away

3%12

Asylum7.8 mi away

3%11

Philadelphia141.3 mi away

2%8

Athens10.7 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%169

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

How far

How far North Towanda commutes

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

40%

28%

11%

20%

40%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Towanda is a job hub

3.53jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Towanda are

1,541 jobs are based in North Towanda. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Towanda’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Towanda

1,541 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month84%

Jobs North Towanda residents hold

437 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−14%

Jobs based in North Towanda, 2013 → 2023: 1,787 → 1,541. 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.