Work & commute · Towanda

Work & commute in Towanda, PA

Most working residents leave Towanda for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Wysox (9%), North Towanda (8%) and Wyalusing (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

189 of 1,226 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,037 Towanda residents head out of town to work, 189 work right here, and 1,552 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Towanda.

1,037live here, work elsewhere

189live and work here

1,552work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Towanda goes to work

Towanda (in town)right here

15%189

Wysox4.6 mi away

9%108

North Towanda1.9 mi away

8%95

Wyalusing11 mi away

8%92

Sayre15.3 mi away

5%60

New York, NY151.1 mi away

3%32

Mehoopany23.9 mi away

2%28

Asylum6 mi away

2%24

Athens14 mi away

2%24

Athens12 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%553

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

How far

How far Towanda commutes

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

38%

27%

12%

24%

38%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Towanda is balanced between jobs and homes

1.42jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Towanda are

1,741 jobs are based in Towanda. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Towanda’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Towanda

1,741 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Towanda residents hold

1,226 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−30%

Jobs based in Towanda, 2013 → 2023: 2,479 → 1,741. 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.