Work & commute · Ryan

Work & commute in Ryan, PA

Most working residents leave Ryan for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Pottsville (5%), Philadelphia (4%) and Mahanoy City (4%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
9 of 717 working residents
Typical commute
34 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
28 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
4%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 708 Ryan residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 686 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ryan.

708live here, work elsewhere
9live and work here
686work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Ryan goes to work

Mahanoy CityFrackvilleSchuylkill HavenWest HazletonPottsvilleHazletonWilkes-BarreWilliamsportTamaquaPhiladelphiaWest MahanoySchuylkillRyanRushMahanoyDelanoUpper MacungieHazleBlythePottsvillePhiladelphiaMahanoy CityHazleRushWest HazletonMahanoyUpper MacungieHazletonTamaquaRyan
1
Pottsville8.6 mi away
5%34
2
Philadelphia74.7 mi away
4%32
3
Mahanoy City2.1 mi away
4%29
4
Hazle13.2 mi away
4%28
5
Rush9 mi away
3%21
6
West Hazleton14 mi away
3%20
7
Mahanoy2.7 mi away
3%18
8
Upper Macungie30 mi away
2%14
9
Hazleton13.8 mi away
2%13
10
Tamaqua10.2 mi away
2%11
Everywhere elseother towns and states
69%497

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

How far

How far Ryan commutes

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

21%Under 10 mi
22%10–24 mi
24%25–50 mi
33%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Ryan is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ryan are

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

Jobs based in Ryan

695 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)1%
Trade, transport & utilities3%
Services (health, schools, offices…)96%
$1,250 a month or less6%
$1,251–$3,333 a month7%
Over $3,333 a month87%

Jobs Ryan residents hold

717 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)54%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month58%
+32%

Jobs based in Ryan, 2013 → 2023: 526 → 695. 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.

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