Work & commute · West Pittston

Work & commute in West Pittston, PA

Most working residents leave West Pittston for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Wilkes-Barre (11%), Scranton (8%) and Plains (6%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

90 of 2,167 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,077 West Pittston residents head out of town to work, 90 work right here, and 679 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Pittston.

2,077live here, work elsewhere

90live and work here

679work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Pittston goes to work

Wilkes-Barre7 mi away

11%231

Scranton8.7 mi away

8%175

Plains4.6 mi away

6%134

Exeter1.3 mi away

6%132

Pittston4.7 mi away

5%104

West Pittston (in town)right here

4%90

Jenkins4.1 mi away

4%79

Kingston6.3 mi away

3%66

Pittston0.7 mi away

3%61

Moosic5.7 mi away

3%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%1,040

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

How far

How far West Pittston commutes

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

65%

12%

17%

65%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Pittston is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Pittston are

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

Jobs based in West Pittston

769 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs West Pittston residents hold

2,167 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−21%

Jobs based in West Pittston, 2013 → 2023: 971 → 769. 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.