Work & commute · Texas

Work & commute in Texas, PA

Most working residents leave Texas for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Honesdale (20%), Scranton (3%) and Lackawaxen (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

112 of 995 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 883 Texas residents head out of town to work, 112 work right here, and 1,739 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Texas.

883live here, work elsewhere

112live and work here

1,739work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Texas goes to work

Honesdale1.7 mi away

20%199

Texas (in town)right here

11%112

Scranton23.4 mi away

3%25

Lackawaxen10.8 mi away

3%25

New York, NY92.2 mi away

2%23

Palmyra10.9 mi away

2%20

Dunmore20.3 mi away

2%19

Berlin5.5 mi away

2%19

Hawley6.8 mi away

2%18

Cherry Ridge2.4 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%518

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

How far

How far Texas commutes

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

45%

16%

13%

25%

45%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Texas is a job hub

1.86jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Texas are

1,851 jobs are based in Texas. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Texas’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Texas

1,851 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Texas residents hold

995 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+41%

Jobs based in Texas, 2013 → 2023: 1,313 → 1,851. 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.