Work & commute · Stroudsburg

Work & commute in Stroudsburg, PA

Most working residents leave Stroudsburg for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Stroud (9%), Pocono (7%) and East Stroudsburg (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

319 of 2,396 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

54 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 2,077 Stroudsburg residents head out of town to work, 319 work right here, and 3,298 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stroudsburg.

2,077live here, work elsewhere

319live and work here

3,298work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stroudsburg goes to work

Stroudsburg (in town)right here

13%319

Stroud1.4 mi away

9%210

Pocono7.7 mi away

7%168

East Stroudsburg1.9 mi away

6%132

New York, NY69.3 mi away

5%109

Smithfield4.2 mi away

2%52

Bethlehem26.3 mi away

2%36

Philadelphia67.4 mi away

1%35

Allentown30.7 mi away

1%34

Hamilton5.5 mi away

1%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,268

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

How far

How far Stroudsburg commutes

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

40%

12%

19%

28%

40%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stroudsburg is a job hub

1.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stroudsburg are

3,617 jobs are based in Stroudsburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stroudsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stroudsburg

3,617 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Stroudsburg residents hold

2,396 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−7%

Jobs based in Stroudsburg, 2013 → 2023: 3,870 → 3,617. 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.