Work & commute · Watsontown

Work & commute in Watsontown, PA

Most working residents leave Watsontown for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Milton (7%), Mahoning (6%) and Kelly (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46 of 917 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 871 Watsontown residents head out of town to work, 46 work right here, and 572 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Watsontown.

871live here, work elsewhere

46live and work here

572work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Watsontown goes to work

Milton5.8 mi away

7%68

Mahoning16.1 mi away

6%55

Kelly6.6 mi away

6%53

Watsontown (in town)right here

5%46

Williamsport13.9 mi away

5%42

Delaware2.5 mi away

4%38

Philadelphia117.4 mi away

3%23

Lewisburg8.5 mi away

2%21

Clinton8.5 mi away

2%21

East Buffalo11.1 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%530

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

How far

How far Watsontown commutes

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

41%

29%

27%

41%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Watsontown is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Watsontown are

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

Jobs based in Watsontown

618 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Watsontown residents hold

917 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−8%

Jobs based in Watsontown, 2013 → 2023: 673 → 618. 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.