Work & commute · Sayre

Work & commute in Sayre, PA

About one in 3 of Sayre’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Athens (7%), Athens (5%) and Barton (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

765 of 2,517 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,752 Sayre residents head out of town to work, 765 work right here, and 4,412 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sayre.

1,752live here, work elsewhere

765live and work here

4,412work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sayre goes to work

Sayre (in town)right here

30%765

Athens2.9 mi away

7%173

Athens3.4 mi away

5%114

Barton, NY6.9 mi away

4%104

Elmira, NY16.6 mi away

3%75

New York, NY162.2 mi away

3%65

Towanda15.3 mi away

2%53

Chemung, NY6.5 mi away

2%50

Nichols, NY9.5 mi away

2%48

South Waverly1.3 mi away

2%46

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,024

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

How far

How far Sayre commutes

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

52%

17%

24%

52%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sayre is a job hub

2.06jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sayre are

5,177 jobs are based in Sayre. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sayre’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sayre

5,177 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Sayre residents hold

2,517 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−6%

Jobs based in Sayre, 2013 → 2023: 5,521 → 5,177. 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.