Work & commute · Shamokin Dam

Work & commute in Shamokin Dam, PA

Most working residents leave Shamokin Dam for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Monroe (8%), Penn (6%) and Mahoning (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 735 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 715 Shamokin Dam residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 775 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shamokin Dam.

715live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

775work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shamokin Dam goes to work

Monroe1.8 mi away

8%62

Penn5.1 mi away

6%44

Mahoning13.9 mi away

5%39

Selinsgrove4.5 mi away

5%35

Kelly10.9 mi away

4%28

Lewisburg8.1 mi away

3%23

Sunbury2.1 mi away

3%23

Point5.8 mi away

3%21

Shamokin Dam (in town)right here

3%20

Milton10 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%424

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

How far

How far Shamokin Dam commutes

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

43%

20%

18%

43%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shamokin Dam is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Shamokin Dam are

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

Jobs based in Shamokin Dam

795 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Shamokin Dam residents hold

735 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−7%

Jobs based in Shamokin Dam, 2013 → 2023: 851 → 795. 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.