Work & commute · Ransom

Work & commute in Ransom, PA

Most working residents leave Ransom for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Scranton (22%), South Abington (6%) and Newton (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 661 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 652 Ransom residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 114 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ransom.

652live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

114work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ransom goes to work

Scranton5.4 mi away

22%147

South Abington7.2 mi away

6%38

Newton3 mi away

5%32

Clarks Summit6.7 mi away

4%29

Pittston7.4 mi away

3%22

Dunmore8.8 mi away

3%21

Philadelphia102.2 mi away

2%16

Taylor3 mi away

2%15

Moosic5 mi away

2%15

Wilkes-Barre12.3 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%313

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

How far

How far Ransom commutes

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

57%

19%

57%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ransom is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ransom are

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

Jobs based in Ransom

123 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Ransom residents hold

661 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+11%

Jobs based in Ransom, 2013 → 2023: 111 → 123. 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.