Work & commute · Preston

Work & commute in Preston, PA

Most working residents leave Preston for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Honesdale (6%), Forest City (4%) and Scranton (3%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29 of 406 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 377 Preston residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 210 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Preston.

377live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

210work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Preston goes to work

Preston (in town)right here

7%29

Honesdale20.2 mi away

6%25

Forest City13.9 mi away

4%15

Scranton33.5 mi away

3%13

Hancock, NY13.5 mi away

3%12

New York, NY111.6 mi away

3%11

Deposit, NY17.2 mi away

3%11

Union, NY37.8 mi away

2%9

Mount Pleasant7.3 mi away

2%9

Carbondale19.8 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%265

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

How far

How far Preston commutes

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

12%

33%

23%

32%

12%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Preston is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Preston are

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

Jobs based in Preston

239 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Preston residents hold

406 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+46%

Jobs based in Preston, 2013 → 2023: 164 → 239. 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.