Work & commute · Old Forge

Work & commute in Old Forge, PA

Most working residents leave Old Forge for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Scranton (20%), Moosic (6%) and Dunmore (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

371 of 3,528 working residents

Typical commute

7 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 3,157 Old Forge residents head out of town to work, 371 work right here, and 1,602 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Old Forge.

3,157live here, work elsewhere

371live and work here

1,602work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Old Forge goes to work

Scranton4.5 mi away

20%721

Old Forge (in town)right here

11%371

Moosic2.4 mi away

6%213

Dunmore7.7 mi away

4%149

Plains8.3 mi away

3%111

Wilkes-Barre11.1 mi away

3%99

Taylor2.2 mi away

2%88

Pittston4.6 mi away

2%80

Jenkins6.1 mi away

2%74

Dickson City8.7 mi away

2%62

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,560

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

How far

How far Old Forge commutes

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

63%

13%

20%

63%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Old Forge is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Old Forge are

1,973 jobs are based in Old Forge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Old Forge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Old Forge

1,973 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Old Forge residents hold

3,528 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+5%

Jobs based in Old Forge, 2013 → 2023: 1,886 → 1,973. 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.