Work & commute · Overfield

Work & commute in Overfield, PA

Most working residents leave Overfield for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Scranton (14%), Tunkhannock (5%) and Mehoopany (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 623 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 603 Overfield residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 174 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Overfield.

603live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

174work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Overfield goes to work

Scranton12 mi away

14%86

Tunkhannock4.4 mi away

5%33

Mehoopany13.6 mi away

4%28

Wilkes-Barre20 mi away

4%25

South Abington7.6 mi away

3%20

Overfield (in town)right here

3%20

Moosic13.6 mi away

3%18

Pittston16.5 mi away

3%18

Dunmore14.2 mi away

3%17

Clarks Summit6.7 mi away

3%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%342

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

How far

How far Overfield commutes

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

25%

49%

21%

25%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Overfield is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Overfield are

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

Jobs based in Overfield

194 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)73%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Overfield residents hold

623 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+7%

Jobs based in Overfield, 2013 → 2023: 182 → 194. 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.