Work & commute · Shamokin

Work & commute in Shamokin, PA

Most working residents leave Shamokin for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Coal (10%), Mahoning (6%) and Ralpho (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

170 of 2,389 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 2,219 Shamokin residents head out of town to work, 170 work right here, and 1,188 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shamokin.

2,219live here, work elsewhere

170live and work here

1,188work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shamokin goes to work

Coal2.1 mi away

10%236

Shamokin (in town)right here

7%170

Mahoning12.4 mi away

6%142

Ralpho4.3 mi away

5%128

Philadelphia92.1 mi away

2%56

Shamokin6 mi away

2%56

Cass16 mi away

2%55

Sunbury13.1 mi away

2%50

Mount Carmel6 mi away

2%38

Monroe16.7 mi away

2%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%1,422

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

How far

How far Shamokin commutes

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

29%

32%

17%

22%

29%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shamokin is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.57 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Shamokin are

1,358 jobs are based in Shamokin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shamokin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Shamokin

1,358 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Shamokin residents hold

2,389 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−11%

Jobs based in Shamokin, 2013 → 2023: 1,531 → 1,358. 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.