Work & commute · Pittston

Work & commute in Pittston, PA

Most working residents leave Pittston for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Wilkes-Barre (10%), Scranton (8%) and Plains (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

137 of 1,585 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,448 Pittston residents head out of town to work, 137 work right here, and 8,175 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pittston.

1,448live here, work elsewhere

137live and work here

8,175work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pittston goes to work

Wilkes-Barre9.3 mi away

10%157

Pittston (in town)right here

9%137

Scranton7.2 mi away

8%132

Plains6 mi away

6%103

Jenkins2.5 mi away

5%72

Kingston9.4 mi away

3%47

Pittston3.9 mi away

3%45

Moosic3.7 mi away

3%41

Dunmore9.2 mi away

3%40

Hanover14 mi away

2%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%774

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

How far

How far Pittston commutes

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

59%

17%

18%

59%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pittston is a job hub

5.24jobs per working resident

A job hub

5.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Pittston are

8,312 jobs are based in Pittston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pittston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pittston

8,312 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities70%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Pittston residents hold

1,585 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+94%

Jobs based in Pittston, 2013 → 2023: 4,286 → 8,312. 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.