Work & commute · South Centre

Work & commute in South Centre, PA

Most working residents leave South Centre for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Mahoning (12%), Bloomsburg (10%) and Scott (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

66 of 816 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 750 South Centre residents head out of town to work, 66 work right here, and 2,536 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Centre.

750live here, work elsewhere

66live and work here

2,536work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Centre goes to work

Mahoning13.6 mi away

12%98

Bloomsburg5.6 mi away

10%79

South Centre (in town)right here

8%66

Scott3.1 mi away

7%60

Berwick5.7 mi away

4%36

Hemlock8.6 mi away

4%33

Salem10.3 mi away

2%20

Hazle18.5 mi away

2%17

Danville14.2 mi away

2%14

Wilkes-Barre29 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%380

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

How far

How far South Centre commutes

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

38%

26%

17%

19%

38%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Centre is a job hub

3.19jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in South Centre are

2,602 jobs are based in South Centre. Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Centre’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in South Centre

2,602 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs South Centre residents hold

816 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−3%

Jobs based in South Centre, 2013 → 2023: 2,678 → 2,602. 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.