Work & commute · Ulster

Work & commute in Ulster, PA

Most working residents leave Ulster for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Sayre (10%), Athens (5%) and Towanda (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 514 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 500 Ulster residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 132 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ulster.

500live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

132work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ulster goes to work

Sayre9.1 mi away

10%51

Athens7 mi away

5%27

Towanda7.5 mi away

4%23

Athens5.8 mi away

4%21

Wysox8.7 mi away

4%19

Troy14.1 mi away

3%16

Springfield10.2 mi away

3%15

New York, NY158.1 mi away

3%14

Ulster (in town)right here

3%14

Elmira, NY21.6 mi away

3%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%301

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

How far

How far Ulster commutes

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

32%

31%

10%

27%

32%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ulster 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 Ulster are

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

Jobs based in Ulster

146 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Ulster residents hold

514 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−24%

Jobs based in Ulster, 2013 → 2023: 193 → 146. 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.