Work & commute · Paupack

Work & commute in Paupack, PA

Most working residents leave Paupack for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Palmyra (7%), Honesdale (5%) and Scranton (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

96 of 1,499 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,403 Paupack residents head out of town to work, 96 work right here, and 262 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paupack.

1,403live here, work elsewhere

96live and work here

262work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Paupack goes to work

Palmyra3.5 mi away

7%98

Paupack (in town)right here

6%96

Honesdale9.4 mi away

5%82

Scranton21.4 mi away

4%67

Salem6.6 mi away

3%50

Texas7.8 mi away

3%44

Lackawaxen10.6 mi away

3%41

New York, NY87.1 mi away

3%39

Dunmore18 mi away

2%30

Hawley4.9 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%929

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

How far

How far Paupack commutes

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

29%

24%

16%

32%

29%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Paupack is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Paupack are

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

Jobs based in Paupack

358 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Paupack residents hold

1,499 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−37%

Jobs based in Paupack, 2013 → 2023: 565 → 358. 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.