Work & commute · Pittston

Work & commute in Pittston, PA

Most working residents leave Pittston for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Scranton (9%), Wilkes-Barre (8%) and Pittston (7%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

203 of 3,310 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 3,107 Pittston residents head out of town to work, 203 work right here, and 1,923 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pittston.

3,107live here, work elsewhere

203live and work here

1,923work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pittston goes to work

Scranton8.1 mi away

9%310

Wilkes-Barre7.3 mi away

8%271

Pittston3.9 mi away

7%246

Pittston (in town)right here

6%203

Plains4.6 mi away

5%175

Jenkins3.6 mi away

4%143

Moosic5.1 mi away

3%93

Hanover12 mi away

2%81

Wilkes-Barre7.6 mi away

2%62

Kingston6.8 mi away

2%59

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,667

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.

62%

14%

19%

62%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pittston is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pittston are

2,126 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

2,126 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Pittston residents hold

3,310 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+52%

Jobs based in Pittston, 2013 → 2023: 1,403 → 2,126. 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.