Photo: Jared Kofsky/PlaceNJ.com · CC BY-SA 4.0Archbald has lower unemployment (1.4%) than 91% of U.S. towns
About one in seven work in Archbald itself; outside it, Scranton draws the most (17%, 9 miles). Jobs and income earn Archbald B+; getting around on foot earns it B. 9% of workers work from home; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Archbald
Archbald trades workers with the towns around it
Archbald has about as many jobs (3,083) as working residents (3,427), but they are mostly different people: 2,976 residents leave for work each day while 2,632 people come in. Only 15% of the jobs in Archbald are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Archbald makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Archbald are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Archbald residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 15%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Archbald’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Archbald is better than 72% of U.S. towns, #428 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment holds Archbald’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($71,936, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Archbald could be anywhere from B− to A.
Who works in Archbald, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 2,976 residents head out to work, 451 work right here, and 2,632 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Making and building: 41% of jobs based in Archbald
3,083 jobs are based in Archbald.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Archbald, 2013 → 2023: 2,679 → 3,083. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Archbald’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the trip to work from Archbald ends
Where Archbald clocks in
17% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Commuting from Archbald: about 22 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Archbald workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,326 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Archbald’s workers travel
About 18% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Archbald start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Archbald is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns, #506 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Archbald near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,669 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.5% of Archbald households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Archbald’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Archbald is 1,059th among 3,111 U.S. towns of 5,300 to 10,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,057 | Otis Orchards-East Farms WA | 5,454 | $98K | 5.6% | 4.1% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,058 | Swartz Creek MI | 5,827 | $72K | 10.9% | 0.6% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,059 | Archbald PA | 7,598 | $72K | 8.2% | 1.4% | 13% | B+ |
| 1,060 | Newport Township IL | 6,768 | $125K | 6.2% | 7.6% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,061 | Barre MA | 5,641 | $108K | 8.2% | 2.1% | 11% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,111 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Archbald, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Around Archbald: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Jessup (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Archbald workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archbald | – | B+ | B | 22 min | $71,936 |
| Blakely | 3% | C+ | B+ | 18 min | $55,855 |
| Jermyn | under 2% | B | B− | 19 min | $62,917 |
| Jessup | 4% | B− | C+ | 28 min | $64,844 |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 28 min | $92,234 |
| Scott Township | under 2% | B+ | B | 21 min | $93,384 |
| Mayfield | under 2% | B | C+ | 26 min | $78,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Archbald’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Archbald: questions
What is the median household income in Archbald?
$71,936 (±$17,113) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Archbald?
8.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Archbald?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Archbald work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Scranton (17%, 9 mi), Dunmore (5%, 7 mi), Jessup (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Archbald walkable?
Archbald is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Archbald without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Archbald, from the people who make the trip.
More of Archbald
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.