Work & commute · Silver Lake

Work & commute in Silver Lake, PA

Most working residents leave Silver Lake for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Bridgewater (10%), Binghamton (9%) and Union (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 669 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

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 649 Silver Lake residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Silver Lake.

649live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

112work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Silver Lake goes to work

Bridgewater9.3 mi away

10%64

Binghamton, NY10.5 mi away

9%62

Union, NY12.9 mi away

7%48

Montrose8.8 mi away

6%39

Vestal, NY7.8 mi away

4%29

Conklin, NY8.2 mi away

3%22

Silver Lake (in town)right here

3%20

Forest Lake5.7 mi away

3%17

Kirkwood, NY12.1 mi away

2%13

New York, NY136.8 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%344

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

How far

How far Silver Lake commutes

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

30%

33%

10%

28%

30%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Silver Lake is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Silver Lake are

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

Jobs based in Silver Lake

132 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Silver Lake residents hold

669 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−8%

Jobs based in Silver Lake, 2013 → 2023: 143 → 132. 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.