Work & commute · Roaring Brook

Work & commute in Roaring Brook, PA

Most working residents leave Roaring Brook for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Scranton (21%), Dunmore (8%) and Moscow (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 943 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 936 Roaring Brook residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 186 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roaring Brook.

936live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

186work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roaring Brook goes to work

Scranton5 mi away

21%195

Dunmore2.8 mi away

8%75

Moscow3.4 mi away

5%45

Covington6.7 mi away

3%33

Moosic6.4 mi away

3%24

Wilkes-Barre17.9 mi away

2%22

Dickson City7.1 mi away

2%21

Jessup5.7 mi away

2%16

Philadelphia97.2 mi away

2%16

South Abington9.7 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%480

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

How far

How far Roaring Brook commutes

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

54%

22%

18%

54%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roaring Brook is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Roaring Brook are

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

Jobs based in Roaring Brook

193 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Roaring Brook residents hold

943 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−11%

Jobs based in Roaring Brook, 2013 → 2023: 216 → 193. 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.

Work & commute in Roaring Brook, PA

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

Where Roaring Brook goes to work

How far Roaring Brook commutes

Roaring Brook is a commuter town

What the jobs in Roaring Brook are

Jobs based in Roaring Brook

Jobs Roaring Brook residents hold

How to read this page

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