Work & commute · Scott

Work & commute in Scott, PA

Most working residents leave Scott for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Bloomsburg (11%), Mahoning (10%) and South Centre (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

171 of 2,357 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,186 Scott residents head out of town to work, 171 work right here, and 2,117 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scott.

2,186live here, work elsewhere

171live and work here

2,117work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scott goes to work

Bloomsburg2.6 mi away

11%263

Mahoning10.5 mi away

10%244

South Centre3.1 mi away

8%178

Scott (in town)right here

7%171

Hemlock5.5 mi away

4%91

Berwick8.8 mi away

4%89

Salem13.3 mi away

3%68

Wilkes-Barre32 mi away

2%41

Danville11.1 mi away

1%33

Scranton47 mi away

1%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,146

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

How far

How far Scott commutes

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

44%

23%

15%

18%

44%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scott 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 Scott are

2,288 jobs are based in Scott. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Scott’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Scott

2,288 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Scott residents hold

2,357 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+3%

Jobs based in Scott, 2013 → 2023: 2,223 → 2,288. 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.