Work & commute · Throop

Work & commute in Throop, PA

Most working residents leave Throop for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Scranton (20%), Dunmore (11%) and Dickson City (4%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

93 of 1,839 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,746 Throop residents head out of town to work, 93 work right here, and 920 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Throop.

1,746live here, work elsewhere

93live and work here

920work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Throop goes to work

Scranton4.5 mi away

20%366

Dunmore2 mi away

11%194

Throop (in town)right here

5%93

Dickson City3.1 mi away

4%73

Jessup2.8 mi away

4%73

Moosic7.7 mi away

4%69

Archbald5.2 mi away

2%44

Olyphant1 mi away

2%41

Wilkes-Barre19.8 mi away

2%41

South Abington6 mi away

2%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%809

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

How far

How far Throop commutes

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

61%

15%

19%

61%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Throop is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Throop are

1,013 jobs are based in Throop. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Throop’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Throop

1,013 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Throop residents hold

1,839 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+21%

Jobs based in Throop, 2013 → 2023: 834 → 1,013. 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.