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Work & commute · Zerbe

Work & commute in Zerbe, PA

Most working residents leave Zerbe for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Mahoning (8%), Coal (5%) and Ralpho (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
26 of 762 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
28 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 736 Zerbe residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 113 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Zerbe.

736live here, work elsewhere
26live and work here
113work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Zerbe goes to work

Mount CarmelShamokinKulpmontSunburyMiltonShamokinWest CameronMonroeLower MahanoyRalphoZerbeLittle MahanoyMahoningCoalEast CameronWashingtonMahoningCoalRalphoSunburyLower MahanoyShamokinMiltonMonroeShamokinZerbe
1
Mahoning13.1 mi away
8%58
2
Coal6.8 mi away
5%38
3
Ralpho6.9 mi away
4%29
4
Sunbury9.2 mi away
4%28
5
Zerbe (in town)right here
3%26
6
Lower Mahanoy15.3 mi away
2%18
7
Shamokin5 mi away
2%15
8
Milton18.7 mi away
2%15
9
Monroe12.3 mi away
2%15
10
Shamokin4.1 mi away
2%14
Everywhere elseother towns and states
66%506

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

How far

How far Zerbe commutes

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

28%Under 10 mi
42%10–24 mi
14%25–50 mi
16%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Zerbe is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Zerbe are

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

Jobs based in Zerbe

139 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)6%
Trade, transport & utilities28%
Services (health, schools, offices…)66%
$1,250 a month or less37%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Zerbe residents hold

762 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)27%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month58%
−13%

Jobs based in Zerbe, 2013 → 2023: 160 → 139. 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.

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