Work & commute · Tobyhanna

Work & commute in Tobyhanna, PA

Most working residents leave Tobyhanna for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Pocono (8%), New York (4%) and Coolbaugh (3%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

335 of 2,821 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 2,486 Tobyhanna residents head out of town to work, 335 work right here, and 1,826 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tobyhanna.

2,486live here, work elsewhere

335live and work here

1,826work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tobyhanna goes to work

Tobyhanna (in town)right here

12%335

Pocono11.5 mi away

8%234

New York, NY88.1 mi away

4%119

Coolbaugh6.3 mi away

3%93

Paradise12.4 mi away

2%59

Stroud17.6 mi away

2%58

East Stroudsburg19.4 mi away

2%54

Mount Pocono8.3 mi away

2%44

Bethlehem34.4 mi away

2%44

Upper Macungie37.9 mi away

2%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%1,737

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

How far

How far Tobyhanna commutes

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

26%

20%

19%

34%

26%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tobyhanna is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tobyhanna are

2,161 jobs are based in Tobyhanna. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tobyhanna’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tobyhanna

2,161 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Tobyhanna residents hold

2,821 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+39%

Jobs based in Tobyhanna, 2013 → 2023: 1,554 → 2,161. 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.

Work & commute in Tobyhanna, PA

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

Where Tobyhanna goes to work

How far Tobyhanna commutes

Tobyhanna is balanced between jobs and homes

What the jobs in Tobyhanna are

Jobs based in Tobyhanna

Jobs Tobyhanna residents hold

How to read this page

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