Work & commute · Upper Mahanoy

Work & commute in Upper Mahanoy, PA

Most working residents leave Upper Mahanoy for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lower Mahanoy (14%), Sunbury (5%) and Mahoning (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 278 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 274 Upper Mahanoy residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Mahanoy.

274live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

41work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Mahanoy goes to work

Lower Mahanoy14.2 mi away

14%38

Sunbury13.2 mi away

5%14

Mahoning17.5 mi away

4%12

Jordan7 mi away

4%11

Washington14.2 mi away

4%11

Gratz8.6 mi away

3%9

Jackson10.1 mi away

3%7

Monroe15.9 mi away

2%6

Upper Paxton18.3 mi away

2%6

Jackson15 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%158

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

How far

How far Upper Mahanoy commutes

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

23%

49%

12%

17%

23%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Mahanoy is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Mahanoy are

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

Jobs based in Upper Mahanoy

45 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)78%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Upper Mahanoy residents hold

278 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−33%

Jobs based in Upper Mahanoy, 2013 → 2023: 67 → 45. 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.