Work & commute · Point

Work & commute in Point, PA

Most working residents leave Point for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Mahoning (12%), Northumberland (6%) and Sunbury (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

133 of 1,678 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,545 Point residents head out of town to work, 133 work right here, and 1,527 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Point.

1,545live here, work elsewhere

133live and work here

1,527work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Point goes to work

Mahoning9.3 mi away

12%204

Point (in town)right here

8%133

Northumberland2.6 mi away

6%104

Sunbury4.9 mi away

6%96

Monroe6.7 mi away

4%74

Milton6.3 mi away

3%53

Kelly9 mi away

3%52

Lewisburg6.5 mi away

3%46

Upper Augusta4.2 mi away

3%45

Philadelphia107.2 mi away

2%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%840

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

How far

How far Point commutes

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

48%

24%

10%

18%

48%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Point is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Point are

1,660 jobs are based in Point. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Point

1,660 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Point residents hold

1,678 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+19%

Jobs based in Point, 2013 → 2023: 1,391 → 1,660. 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.