Work & commute · Ravine

Work & commute in Ravine, PA

Most working residents leave Ravine for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Pine Grove (9%), Pine Grove (9%) and Union (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 307 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

43 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 304 Ravine residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 156 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ravine.

304live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

156work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ravine goes to work

Pine Grove1.9 mi away

9%29

Pine Grove1.1 mi away

9%27

Union11.3 mi away

6%18

Tulpehocken11.8 mi away

2%7

Bethel8.6 mi away

2%7

Bethel7.2 mi away

2%7

South Lebanon18.8 mi away

2%6

Upper Tulpehocken13 mi away

2%6

Cressona11.3 mi away

2%5

Lebanon15.8 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%190

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

How far

How far Ravine commutes

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

28%

35%

20%

17%

28%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ravine is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ravine are

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

Jobs based in Ravine

159 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Ravine residents hold

307 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+279%

Jobs based in Ravine, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 159. 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.