Work & commute · Ringtown

Work & commute in Ringtown, PA

Most working residents leave Ringtown for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Hazle (13%), East Union (7%) and West Hazleton (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 294 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 292 Ringtown residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 531 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ringtown.

292live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

531work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ringtown goes to work

Hazle13.5 mi away

13%39

East Union6.1 mi away

7%21

West Hazleton13.6 mi away

5%15

Shenandoah3.3 mi away

5%14

Harrisburg52.7 mi away

3%8

Pottsville12.3 mi away

2%7

Minersville11.5 mi away

2%6

Hazleton15.2 mi away

2%6

Philadelphia82.4 mi away

2%5

Union0.9 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%168

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

How far

How far Ringtown commutes

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

22%

38%

19%

21%

22%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ringtown is a job hub

1.81jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ringtown are

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

Jobs based in Ringtown

533 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)93%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Ringtown residents hold

294 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−38%

Jobs based in Ringtown, 2013 → 2023: 857 → 533. 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.