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Work & commute · Tower

Work & commute in Tower, PA

Most working residents leave Tower for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Porter (8%), Tremont (5%) and Pine Grove (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
15 of 532 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
31 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 517 Tower residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 117 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tower.

517live here, work elsewhere
15live and work here
117work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Tower goes to work

WilliamstownTower CityMount CarmelMinersvilleTremontPine GroveLykensPottsvillePhiladelphiaPorterPine GroveUnionDerryHeginsWashingtonTremontPorterTremontPine GroveHeginsWashingtonUnionPine GrovePhiladelphiaDerryTower
1
Porter2.4 mi away
8%42
2
Tremont5.9 mi away
5%25
3
Pine Grove8.1 mi away
3%18
4
Hegins4.8 mi away
3%18
5
Washington13.7 mi away
3%18
6
Union9.3 mi away
3%17
7
Tower City (in town)right here
3%15
8
Pine Grove9.1 mi away
2%13
9
Philadelphia84.8 mi away
2%12
10
Derry22.8 mi away
2%11
Everywhere elseother towns and states
64%343

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

How far

How far Tower commutes

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

33%Under 10 mi
27%10–24 mi
20%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Tower is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tower are

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

Jobs based in Tower

132 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)4%
Trade, transport & utilities36%
Services (health, schools, offices…)61%
$1,250 a month or less27%
$1,251–$3,333 a month48%
Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Tower residents hold

532 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)29%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)47%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month61%
+48%

Jobs based in Tower, 2013 → 2023: 89 → 132. 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.

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