Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Delaware Water Gap draws 459 commuters a day, with 2.2 jobs for every working resident
Delaware Water Gap has 464 jobs for 215 working residents. Only 2% stay in Delaware Water Gap for work; outside it, Stroudsburg is the main destination (7%, 3 miles). For 8% of workers, the job is at home; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Delaware Water Gap and work: the main findings
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Delaware Water Gap workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 54 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 215 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far Delaware Water Gap’s workers travel
About 33% 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.
From Delaware Water Gap, about 33 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Delaware Water Gap workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 318 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.
Delaware Water Gap on a workday afternoon
On a workday 210 residents head out to work and 5 work right here.
About 920 people are in Delaware Water Gap on a workday afternoon, 37% more 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.
Where Delaware Water Gap’s workforce comes from
Where Delaware Water Gap clocks in
7% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Delaware Water Gap
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Delaware Water Gap, 2014 → 2024: 183 → 464. 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 Delaware Water Gap’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Delaware Water Gap and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Smithfield Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Delaware Water Gap workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware Water Gap | – | — | — | 33 min | $95,313 |
| Smithfield Township | 6% | B− | A− | 48 min | $105,705 |
| Upper Mount Bethel Township | under 3% | B− | C | 44 min | $82,009 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Delaware Water Gap’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 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 Delaware Water Gap: questions
What is the median household income in Delaware Water Gap?
$95,313 (±$33,390) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Delaware Water Gap?
9.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Delaware Water Gap?
33 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Delaware Water Gap work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stroudsburg (7%, 3 mi), East Stroudsburg (7%, 3 mi), New York City (6%, 66 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Delaware Water Gap 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 Delaware Water Gap, from the people who make the trip.
More of Delaware Water Gap
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.