Work & commute · Tunkhannock

Work & commute in Tunkhannock, PA

Most working residents leave Tunkhannock for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Pocono (8%), New York (5%) and Tobyhanna (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

89 of 2,405 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 2,316 Tunkhannock residents head out of town to work, 89 work right here, and 585 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tunkhannock.

2,316live here, work elsewhere

89live and work here

585work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tunkhannock goes to work

Pocono9.6 mi away

8%183

New York, NY85.3 mi away

5%117

Tobyhanna5.1 mi away

4%102

Chestnuthill6.6 mi away

4%89

Tunkhannock (in town)right here

4%89

East Stroudsburg16.9 mi away

2%53

Stroud14.7 mi away

2%52

Coolbaugh10.4 mi away

2%50

Bethlehem29.3 mi away

2%43

Paradise12.2 mi away

2%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%1,584

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

How far

How far Tunkhannock commutes

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

21%

26%

21%

32%

21%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tunkhannock is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tunkhannock are

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

Jobs based in Tunkhannock

674 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Tunkhannock residents hold

2,405 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+62%

Jobs based in Tunkhannock, 2013 → 2023: 416 → 674. 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.