Work & commute · Shenandoah

Work & commute in Shenandoah, PA

Most working residents leave Shenandoah for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Hazle (8%), West Mahanoy (3%) and Foster (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

142 of 1,792 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 1,650 Shenandoah residents head out of town to work, 142 work right here, and 853 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shenandoah.

1,650live here, work elsewhere

142live and work here

853work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shenandoah goes to work

Shenandoah (in town)right here

8%142

Hazle13.8 mi away

8%139

West Mahanoy2 mi away

3%61

Foster11.7 mi away

3%56

Cass8 mi away

3%49

Pottsville9.5 mi away

3%47

East Union6.2 mi away

3%47

West Hazleton14.2 mi away

2%44

Philadelphia79.2 mi away

2%38

Orwigsburg12.3 mi away

2%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%1,132

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

How far

How far Shenandoah commutes

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

30%

29%

21%

20%

30%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shenandoah is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shenandoah are

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

Jobs based in Shenandoah

995 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Shenandoah residents hold

1,792 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−30%

Jobs based in Shenandoah, 2013 → 2023: 1,422 → 995. 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.