Photo: Vasiliy Meshko · CC BY 3.0Fewer people are out of work in Duryea (0.7%) than in 96% of U.S. towns
At 26 minutes each way, commutes from Duryea run about the Pennsylvania average. Duryea grades B− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Only 5% work in Duryea itself; outside it, Scranton draws the most (13%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Duryea and work: the main findings
Duryea makes and builds things
61% of the jobs based in Duryea are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Duryea residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 17%. The jobs ↓
Most Duryea 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 ↓
The jobs in Duryea pay better than its residents’ jobs
76% of the jobs based in Duryea pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 61% of the jobs Duryea residents hold. 92% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Duryea. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Duryea
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Duryea is better than 54% of U.S. towns, #646 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment holds Duryea’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (22.6%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Duryea could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Goods jobs make up 61% of work in Duryea
1,427 jobs are based in Duryea.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Duryea, 2013 → 2023: 1,154 → 1,427. 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 Duryea’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Duryea’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.
Duryea quiets down on a workday
On a workday 2,214 residents head out to work, 120 work right here, and 1,307 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,300 people are in Duryea on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.61 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Where Duryea’s working residents head each day
Where Duryea clocks in
13% of workers
9% of workers
5% 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.
From Duryea, about 26 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Duryea workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,897 commuters (the 20% 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.
For most of Duryea, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Duryea is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns, #649 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% 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 2,368 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). 2.9% of Duryea households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Duryea’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,850th of 3,696: where Duryea ranks among U.S. towns of 3,600 to 7,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| 31 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,848 | Somerdale NJ | 5,823 | $86K | 13.8% | 6.7% | 3% | B− |
| 1,849 | Nazareth PA | 6,091 | $57K | 16.0% | 1.9% | 6% | B− |
| 1,850 | Duryea PA | 5,157 | $62K | 22.6% | 0.7% | 5% | B− |
| 1,851 | Rush Creek Township OH | 4,158 | $87K | 11.1% | 3.3% | 6% | B− |
| 1,852 | Upper Mount Bethel Township PA | 6,463 | $82K | 6.2% | 5.8% | 10% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,696 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Duryea, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door to Duryea
The biggest share goes to Pittston (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Duryea workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duryea | – | B− | C+ | 26 min | $62,462 |
| Avoca | under 3% | B | A− | 22 min | $63,478 |
| Exeter Township | under 3% | C+ | D− | 29 min | $82,621 |
| Hughestown | under 3% | A− | C+ | 26 min | $84,091 |
| Exeter | under 3% | C | A | 23 min | $57,639 |
| Pittston | 3% | C− | A− | 23 min | $49,941 |
| Old Forge | 2% | B | B | 21 min | $71,812 |
| Ransom Township | under 3% | C− | D | 32 min | $59,886 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Duryea’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 Duryea: questions
What is the median household income in Duryea?
$62,462 (±$14,202) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Duryea?
22.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Duryea?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Duryea work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Scranton (13%, 7 mi), Wilkes-Barre (9%, 9 mi), Pittston Township (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Duryea walkable?
Duryea is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Duryea without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Duryea, from the people who make the trip.
More of Duryea
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.