Work & commute · Pine Grove

Work & commute in Pine Grove, PA

Most working residents leave Pine Grove for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Pine Grove (9%), Union (3%) and South Lebanon (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

160 of 1,819 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,659 Pine Grove residents head out of town to work, 160 work right here, and 702 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pine Grove.

1,659live here, work elsewhere

160live and work here

702work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pine Grove goes to work

Pine Grove1.5 mi away

9%171

Pine Grove (in town)right here

9%160

Union9.5 mi away

3%55

South Lebanon17.1 mi away

3%49

Pottsville14.2 mi away

2%40

Philadelphia76.8 mi away

2%37

Bethel6.5 mi away

2%37

Washington5.8 mi away

2%35

Bethel6.7 mi away

2%34

Tulpehocken11.2 mi away

2%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%1,170

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

How far

How far Pine Grove commutes

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

29%

34%

19%

18%

29%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pine Grove is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pine Grove are

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

Jobs based in Pine Grove

862 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Pine Grove residents hold

1,819 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+1%

Jobs based in Pine Grove, 2013 → 2023: 850 → 862. 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.