Work & commute · Upper Mahantongo

Work & commute in Upper Mahantongo, PA

Most working residents leave Upper Mahantongo for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Hegins (6%), Pottsville (4%) and Washington (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 235 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 226 Upper Mahantongo residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 351 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Mahantongo.

226live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

351work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Mahantongo goes to work

Hegins5.9 mi away

6%13

Pottsville21.3 mi away

4%10

Upper Mahantongo (in town)right here

4%9

Washington12.9 mi away

3%8

Gratz7 mi away

3%7

Mahoning20.1 mi away

3%7

Harrisburg30.9 mi away

3%6

Cressona22.3 mi away

2%5

Philadelphia90.5 mi away

2%5

Lower Mahanoy14.3 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%160

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

How far

How far Upper Mahantongo commutes

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

19%

39%

24%

18%

19%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Mahantongo is a job hub

1.53jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Mahantongo are

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

Jobs based in Upper Mahantongo

360 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)84%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Upper Mahantongo residents hold

235 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month67%

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Jobs based in Upper Mahantongo, 2013 → 2023: 360 → 360. 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.