Jobs and the daily commute in Dunmore
Working from home is the commute for 9% of workers; Pennsylvania has 16%. Jobs and income earn Dunmore B; getting around on foot earns it A−. Household incomes here are lower than in 56% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Dunmore, in brief
Dunmore and Scranton trade workers both ways
Scranton is the top workplace for Dunmore residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Dunmore come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Dunmore is where the jobs are
Dunmore has 9,948 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Dunmore are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
Most Dunmore residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Dunmore draws workers from far and wide
The 9,948 jobs in Dunmore are filled from a wide area. Dunmore’s own residents hold 9% and the ten next-biggest home towns 32%; the other 59% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Dunmore
Job access by car holds Dunmore’s grade up (ahead of 77% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dunmore could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
The towns that send workers to Dunmore
Where Dunmore clocks in
25% of workers
2% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Dunmore
On a workday 4,996 residents head out to work, 930 work right here, and 9,018 people come in from elsewhere.
About 18,000 people are in Dunmore on a workday afternoon, 28% more than live here.
1.7 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 2023, primary jobs.
From Dunmore, about 18 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dunmore workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,145 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 Dunmore’s workers travel
About 20% 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.
The 9,948 jobs based in Dunmore
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dunmore, 2013 → 2023: 8,750 → 9,948. 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 Dunmore’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Dunmore, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dunmore is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns, #325 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,774 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). 6.4% of Dunmore households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Dunmore’s commuters take a bus or train.
Dunmore next to U.S. towns of 10,000 to 19,000: 1,258th of 2,227 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
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| 17 | Lower Moreland Township PA | 14,116 | $154K | 2.6% | 2.0% | 6% | A+ |
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| 32 | Skippack Township PA | 14,502 | $148K | 2.5% | 2.4% | 5% | A+ |
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| 48 | Upper Uwchlan Township PA | 13,681 | $191K | 1.6% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 1,256 | Somersworth NH | 12,171 | $75K | 11.2% | 2.8% | 11% | B |
| 1,257 | Hot Springs Village AR | 16,327 | $75K | 7.3% | 2.9% | 17% | B |
| 1,258 | Dunmore PA | 14,249 | $71K | 12.0% | 3.8% | 16% | B |
| 1,259 | Scottdale GA | 10,542 | $86K | 14.4% | 5.9% | 1% | B |
| 1,260 | Windsor Locks CT | 12,617 | $81K | 10.9% | 5.8% | 12% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Dunmore, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
25% of Dunmore works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dunmore workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunmore | – | B | A− | 18 min | $71,302 |
| Scranton | 25% | C | A | 19 min | $50,739 |
| Throop | under 2% | C+ | C | 16 min | $57,462 |
| Roaring Brook Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 25 min | $127,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Scranton. Darker towns draw more of Dunmore’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 Dunmore: questions
What is the median household income in Dunmore?
$71,302 (±$7,081) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dunmore?
12.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dunmore?
18 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dunmore work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Scranton (25%, 3 mi), Moosic (3%, 6 mi), Jessup (2%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dunmore walkable?
Dunmore is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dunmore without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dunmore, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dunmore
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.