Work & commute · Olyphant

Work & commute in Olyphant, PA

Most working residents leave Olyphant for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Scranton (19%), Dunmore (7%) and Archbald (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

154 of 2,406 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,252 Olyphant residents head out of town to work, 154 work right here, and 1,941 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Olyphant.

2,252live here, work elsewhere

154live and work here

1,941work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Olyphant goes to work

Scranton5.4 mi away

19%454

Dunmore2.8 mi away

7%170

Olyphant (in town)right here

6%154

Archbald4.3 mi away

4%99

Dickson City3.3 mi away

4%98

Jessup1.9 mi away

4%94

Moosic8.6 mi away

3%71

Wilkes-Barre20.7 mi away

3%70

Throop1 mi away

2%58

South Abington6.4 mi away

2%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%1,089

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

How far

How far Olyphant commutes

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

60%

13%

21%

60%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Olyphant is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Olyphant are

2,095 jobs are based in Olyphant. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Olyphant’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Olyphant

2,095 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Olyphant residents hold

2,406 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+12%

Jobs based in Olyphant, 2013 → 2023: 1,870 → 2,095. 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.