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Work & commute in Tunkhannock, PA

Most working residents leave Tunkhannock for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Tunkhannock (13%), Scranton (7%) and Mehoopany (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
9%
60 of 698 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
19 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 638 Tunkhannock residents head out of town to work, 60 work right here, and 870 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tunkhannock.

638live here, work elsewhere
60live and work here
870work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Tunkhannock goes to work

TunkhannockWilkes-BarreScrantonLemonMehoopanyMonroeSouth AbingtonWashingtonEatonDallasPlainsTunkhannockNorthmorelandTunkhannockScrantonMehoopanyEatonWilkes-BarreSouth AbingtonWashingtonDallasPlainsTunkhannock
1
Tunkhannock2.6 mi away
13%90
2
Tunkhannock (in town)right here
9%60
3
Scranton17.4 mi away
7%47
4
Mehoopany7 mi away
6%44
5
Eaton3.6 mi away
4%31
6
Wilkes-Barre20.7 mi away
4%26
7
South Abington14 mi away
2%13
8
Washington4.3 mi away
2%12
9
Dallas12.8 mi away
2%12
10
Plains20.4 mi away
2%12
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%351

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.

38%Under 10 mi
32%10–24 mi
5%25–50 mi
24%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Tunkhannock is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tunkhannock are

930 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

930 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)1%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)86%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Tunkhannock residents hold

698 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)59%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month54%
−19%

Jobs based in Tunkhannock, 2013 → 2023: 1,151 → 930. 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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