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Only 4% work in East Side itself; outside it, Kidder Township draws the most (12%, 6 miles). Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers (Pennsylvania 16%). The average commute takes 21 minutes each way, next to 26 for Pennsylvania and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in East Side: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 71 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 73 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 (1.03 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.
Where people from East Side work
Where East Side clocks in
12% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
76 jobs are based in East Side.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in East Side, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 76. 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 East Side’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from East Side: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of East Side workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 136 commuters (the 6% 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 East Side’s workers travel
About 23% 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.
Next door is work for 15% of East Side
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | East Side workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Side | – | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Kidder Township | 12% | B− | D | 34 min | $78,854 |
| White Haven | 3% | C | A− | 28 min | $67,656 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Kidder Township. Darker towns draw more of East Side’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 East Side: questions
What is the poverty rate in East Side?
50.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from East Side?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in East Side work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kidder Township (12%, 6 mi), Tobyhanna Township (7%, 13 mi), Philadelphia (4%, 80 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around East Side without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from East Side, from the people who make the trip.
More of East Side
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.