Work & commute · Wells

Work & commute in Wells, PA

Most working residents leave Wells for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Elmira (12%), Sayre (7%) and Horseheads (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 480 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 470 Wells residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 106 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wells.

470live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

106work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wells goes to work

Elmira, NY10.2 mi away

12%57

Sayre18 mi away

7%32

Horseheads, NY14.9 mi away

6%28

Athens15.9 mi away

5%22

Troy14 mi away

4%20

Big Flats, NY13.1 mi away

3%14

Athens18.2 mi away

3%13

Troy12.3 mi away

3%12

Corning, NY16.6 mi away

2%10

Wells (in town)right here

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%262

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

How far

How far Wells commutes

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

16%

49%

12%

24%

16%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wells is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wells are

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

Jobs based in Wells

116 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Wells residents hold

480 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+45%

Jobs based in Wells, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 116. 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.