Work & commute · Thornhurst

Work & commute in Thornhurst, PA

Most working residents leave Thornhurst for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Scranton (17%), Covington (8%) and Moosic (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 382 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 379 Thornhurst residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thornhurst.

379live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

28work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thornhurst goes to work

Scranton13.5 mi away

17%64

Covington8.4 mi away

8%30

Moosic11.1 mi away

5%18

Dunmore13.7 mi away

4%15

Moscow10 mi away

4%14

Wilkes-Barre13.9 mi away

3%12

Philadelphia86.8 mi away

3%11

Spring Brook6.8 mi away

3%10

Jessup17.1 mi away

2%9

Plains11.1 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%190

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

How far

How far Thornhurst commutes

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

19%

57%

15%

19%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thornhurst is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Thornhurst are

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

Jobs based in Thornhurst

31 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less39%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Thornhurst residents hold

382 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+94%

Jobs based in Thornhurst, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 31. 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.