Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Deer Lake commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Commuters spend 38 minutes getting to work on average; the Pennsylvania average is 26, the U.S. 26. Employers in Deer Lake report 31 jobs for 293 working residents. Hardly any stay in Deer Lake for work; outside it, West Brunswick Township is the main destination (9%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Deer Lake
Deer Lake is a place people come home to
There are 31 jobs based in Deer Lake, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Deer Lake has about 430 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Deer Lake workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 293 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Deer Lake by day
On a workday 293 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in Deer Lake on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Each way, about 38 minutes from Deer Lake
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Deer Lake workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 326 commuters (the 10% 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 Deer Lake’s working residents head each day
Where Deer Lake clocks in
9% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
Deer Lake works in goods: 45% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Deer Lake, 2014 → 2024: 54 → 31. 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 Deer Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Deer Lake
About 15% 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 Deer Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Deer Lake?
$103,125 (±$22,542) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Deer Lake?
7.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Deer Lake?
38 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Deer Lake work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are West Brunswick Township (9%, 1 mi), Orwigsburg (8%, 3 mi), Pottsville (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Deer Lake without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Deer Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Deer Lake
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.