Jobs and the daily commute in Elmhurst Township
7% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Only 3% stay in Elmhurst Township for work; outside it, Scranton is the main destination (19%, 6 miles). Commuters spend 27 minutes getting to work on average; Pennsylvania averages 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Elmhurst Township and work: the main findings
Elmhurst Township and Scranton trade workers both ways
Scranton is the top workplace for Elmhurst Township residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Elmhurst Township come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Elmhurst Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Elmhurst Township fell from 416 in 2013 to 297 in 2023, −29%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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; with 350 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Elmhurst Township’s residents
Where Elmhurst Township clocks in
19% 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.
Most jobs in Elmhurst Township are in services
297 jobs are based in Elmhurst Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elmhurst Township, 2013 → 2023: 416 → 297. 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 Elmhurst Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Elmhurst Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 341 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 288 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 (0.85 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.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Elmhurst Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Elmhurst Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 355 commuters (the 7% 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.
Half of Elmhurst Township commutes less than 8 miles
About 19% 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 Elmhurst Township: questions
What is the median household income in Elmhurst Township?
$79,205 (±$8,211) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elmhurst Township?
8.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Elmhurst Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Elmhurst Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Scranton (19%, 6 mi), Dunmore (6%, 4 mi), Covington Township (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Elmhurst Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 21% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Elmhurst Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elmhurst Township
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.