Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Work, pay and getting to work in Eagles Mere
About one in seven stay in Eagles Mere for work; outside it, Laporte is the main destination (12%, 5 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home; Pennsylvania has 16%. 51 jobs are based in Eagles Mere, and 51 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Eagles Mere
On a workday 44 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Eagles Mere’s residents
Where Eagles Mere clocks in
12% of workers
8% 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 Eagles Mere
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eagles Mere, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 51. 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 Eagles Mere’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Eagles Mere
of Eagles Mere workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 20 commuters (the 0% 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 Eagles Mere goes to work
About 27% 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.
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 Eagles Mere: questions
What is the median household income in Eagles Mere?
$104,375 (±$23,645) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eagles Mere?
4.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Eagles Mere work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Laporte (12%, 5 mi), Williamsport (8%, 26 mi), Clinton Township (6%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Eagles Mere 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 Eagles Mere, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eagles Mere
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.