Work & commute · South Waverly

Work & commute in South Waverly, PA

Most working residents leave South Waverly for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Sayre (26%), Athens (7%) and Athens (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 474 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 461 South Waverly residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 383 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Waverly.

461live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

383work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Waverly goes to work

Sayre1.3 mi away

26%123

Athens2.8 mi away

7%33

Athens4.2 mi away

5%26

Barton, NY6.7 mi away

4%21

South Waverly (in town)right here

3%13

Chemung, NY5.3 mi away

3%13

Elmira, NY15.2 mi away

2%11

Towanda16.2 mi away

2%9

Owego, NY19.1 mi away

2%9

Wysox15.1 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%208

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

How far

How far South Waverly commutes

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

49%

16%

12%

23%

49%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Waverly is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in South Waverly are

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

Jobs based in South Waverly

396 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs South Waverly residents hold

474 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−46%

Jobs based in South Waverly, 2013 → 2023: 737 → 396. 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.