Work & commute · Ross

Work & commute in Ross, PA

Most working residents leave Ross for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Wilkes-Barre (11%), Plains (5%) and Dallas (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

54 of 1,177 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,123 Ross residents head out of town to work, 54 work right here, and 225 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ross.

1,123live here, work elsewhere

54live and work here

225work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ross goes to work

Wilkes-Barre16.4 mi away

11%125

Plains19.3 mi away

5%63

Dallas12 mi away

5%58

Ross (in town)right here

5%54

Hanover14.2 mi away

4%45

Scranton27.9 mi away

4%42

Kingston15.6 mi away

3%35

Lehman7.6 mi away

3%34

Wright19 mi away

3%31

Jenkins22.5 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%665

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

How far

How far Ross commutes

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

16%

52%

13%

19%

16%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ross is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ross are

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

Jobs based in Ross

279 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Ross residents hold

1,177 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+2%

Jobs based in Ross, 2013 → 2023: 274 → 279. 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.