Work & commute · Wyoming

Work & commute in Wyoming, PA

Most working residents leave Wyoming for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Wilkes-Barre (14%), Plains (6%) and Scranton (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

67 of 1,423 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,356 Wyoming residents head out of town to work, 67 work right here, and 1,188 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wyoming.

1,356live here, work elsewhere

67live and work here

1,188work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wyoming goes to work

Wilkes-Barre4.4 mi away

14%193

Plains3.2 mi away

6%82

Scranton11.4 mi away

5%70

Kingston3.6 mi away

5%68

Wyoming (in town)right here

5%67

Pittston6.6 mi away

4%64

Exeter2 mi away

4%60

Pittston3.3 mi away

3%37

Hanover9 mi away

3%37

Moosic8.4 mi away

3%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%709

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

How far

How far Wyoming commutes

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

63%

14%

17%

63%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wyoming is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wyoming are

1,255 jobs are based in Wyoming. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wyoming’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wyoming

1,255 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Wyoming residents hold

1,423 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+7%

Jobs based in Wyoming, 2013 → 2023: 1,178 → 1,255. 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.