Work & commute · Silkworth

Work & commute in Silkworth, PA

Most working residents leave Silkworth for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Wilkes-Barre (13%), Dallas (6%) and Plains (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 375 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 374 Silkworth residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Silkworth.

374live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

34work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Silkworth goes to work

Wilkes-Barre10.4 mi away

13%47

Dallas7.9 mi away

6%21

Plains13.5 mi away

6%21

Lehman2.2 mi away

4%16

Kingston9.7 mi away

4%15

Hanover8.5 mi away

4%15

Scranton22.9 mi away

3%13

Lake5 mi away

2%8

Dallas6.5 mi away

2%7

Harveys Lake6.3 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%205

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

How far

How far Silkworth commutes

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

33%

38%

10%

19%

33%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Silkworth is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Silkworth are

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

Jobs based in Silkworth

35 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)66%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less37%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Silkworth residents hold

375 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+192%

Jobs based in Silkworth, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 35. 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.