Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli on Flickr · CC BY 2.0There are 11.9 jobs in Buckhorn for every working resident, and 1,936 people commute in
There are 1,944 jobs in Buckhorn for 164 working residents. Only 5% stay in Buckhorn for work; outside it, Mahoning Township is the main destination (15%, 7 miles). 8% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across Pennsylvania.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Buckhorn: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 156 residents head out to work and 8 work right here.
About 2,400 people are in Buckhorn on a workday afternoon, 276% more than live here.
11.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The daily trip into Buckhorn
Where Buckhorn clocks in
15% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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.
76% of the jobs in Buckhorn pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Buckhorn, 2014 → 2024: 275 → 1,944. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Buckhorn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Buckhorn workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 156 commuters (the 8% 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.
Where in the region Buckhorn works
About 22% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Buckhorn: questions
What is the median household income in Buckhorn?
$59,531 (±$57,726) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Buckhorn?
38.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Buckhorn?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Buckhorn work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mahoning Township (15%, 7 mi), Bloomsburg (10%, 2 mi), Hemlock Township (8%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Buckhorn without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Buckhorn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Buckhorn
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.