Work & commute · Ralpho

Work & commute in Ralpho, PA

Most working residents leave Ralpho for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Mahoning (15%), Coal (5%) and Sunbury (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

145 of 1,829 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,684 Ralpho residents head out of town to work, 145 work right here, and 1,296 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ralpho.

1,684live here, work elsewhere

145live and work here

1,296work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ralpho goes to work

Mahoning8.2 mi away

15%275

Ralpho (in town)right here

8%145

Coal5.6 mi away

5%87

Sunbury11.9 mi away

4%72

Shamokin4.8 mi away

4%69

Danville8.2 mi away

2%35

Bloomsburg11.8 mi away

2%34

Franklin5.6 mi away

2%33

Hemlock12.1 mi away

2%33

Shamokin4.3 mi away

2%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%1,014

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

How far

How far Ralpho commutes

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

41%

30%

12%

17%

41%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ralpho is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ralpho are

1,441 jobs are based in Ralpho. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ralpho’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ralpho

1,441 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Ralpho residents hold

1,829 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−1%

Jobs based in Ralpho, 2013 → 2023: 1,462 → 1,441. 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.