Work & commute · Penn

Work & commute in Penn, PA

Most working residents leave Penn for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Selinsgrove (9%), Monroe (6%) and Sunbury (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

173 of 1,687 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 1,514 Penn residents head out of town to work, 173 work right here, and 2,336 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Penn.

1,514live here, work elsewhere

173live and work here

2,336work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Penn goes to work

Penn (in town)right here

10%173

Selinsgrove1.7 mi away

9%149

Monroe4.2 mi away

6%93

Sunbury6.8 mi away

3%56

Middleburg7.9 mi away

3%55

Mahoning18.9 mi away

3%47

Kelly13.3 mi away

3%46

Mifflinburg11.1 mi away

3%44

East Buffalo8.4 mi away

2%36

Lewisburg10.9 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%954

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

How far

How far Penn commutes

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

44%

21%

18%

17%

44%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Penn is balanced between jobs and homes

1.49jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.49 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Penn are

2,509 jobs are based in Penn. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Penn’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Penn

2,509 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Penn residents hold

1,687 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−23%

Jobs based in Penn, 2013 → 2023: 3,249 → 2,509. 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.