Work & commute · Packer

Work & commute in Packer, PA

Most working residents leave Packer for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Hazle (14%), Hazleton (10%) and West Hazleton (9%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 418 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 410 Packer residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 139 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Packer.

410live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

139work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Packer goes to work

Hazle7.8 mi away

14%57

Hazleton5.7 mi away

10%41

West Hazleton8.9 mi away

9%36

Banks2.7 mi away

6%24

Rush5.4 mi away

3%12

Weatherly4.7 mi away

2%10

Philadelphia73.1 mi away

2%9

Jim Thorpe6.5 mi away

2%8

Packer (in town)right here

2%8

Wright15.5 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%206

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

How far

How far Packer commutes

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

49%

14%

16%

21%

49%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Packer is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Packer are

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

Jobs based in Packer

147 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Packer residents hold

418 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+56%

Jobs based in Packer, 2013 → 2023: 94 → 147. 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.