Work & commute · Scranton

Work & commute in Scranton, PA

About one in 3 of Scranton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Dunmore (6%), Moosic (4%) and Pittston (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

8,751 of 28,521 working residents

Typical commute

6 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 19,770 Scranton residents head out of town to work, 8,751 work right here, and 24,028 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scranton.

19,770live here, work elsewhere

8,751live and work here

24,028work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scranton goes to work

Scranton (in town)right here

31%8,751

Dunmore3.4 mi away

6%1,753

Moosic3.5 mi away

4%1,075

Pittston7.2 mi away

4%1,006

Dickson City4.7 mi away

3%832

Wilkes-Barre15.4 mi away

2%676

Jessup7.2 mi away

2%571

Taylor2.6 mi away

2%564

Philadelphia100.3 mi away

2%557

South Abington6 mi away

2%502

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%12,234

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

How far

How far Scranton commutes

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

61%

12%

23%

61%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scranton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Scranton are

32,779 jobs are based in Scranton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Scranton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Scranton

32,779 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Scranton residents hold

28,521 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−3%

Jobs based in Scranton, 2013 → 2023: 33,958 → 32,779. 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.