Work & commute · Wellsboro

Work & commute in Wellsboro, PA

About one in 3 of Wellsboro’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Charleston (6%), Mansfield (5%) and Blossburg (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

426 of 1,339 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 913 Wellsboro residents head out of town to work, 426 work right here, and 2,311 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wellsboro.

913live here, work elsewhere

426live and work here

2,311work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wellsboro goes to work

Wellsboro (in town)right here

32%426

Charleston4.2 mi away

6%78

Mansfield12.3 mi away

5%62

Blossburg12.9 mi away

4%49

New York, NY190.2 mi away

3%34

Williamsport37.6 mi away

2%26

Delmar3.1 mi away

2%26

Philadelphia165.1 mi away

1%18

Richmond11.1 mi away

1%18

Sayre43.6 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%588

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

How far

How far Wellsboro commutes

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

41%

15%

30%

41%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wellsboro is a job hub

2.04jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wellsboro are

2,737 jobs are based in Wellsboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wellsboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wellsboro

2,737 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Wellsboro residents hold

1,339 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−17%

Jobs based in Wellsboro, 2013 → 2023: 3,315 → 2,737. 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.