With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Elysburg works elsewhere
440 jobs are based in Elysburg, against 916 working residents. Only 3% stay in Elysburg for work; outside it, Mahoning Township is the main destination (15%, 7 miles). The average commute takes 34 minutes each way, next to 26 for Pennsylvania and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Elysburg, in a few figures
The better-paid jobs are outside Elysburg
64% of Elysburg residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 28% of the jobs based in Elysburg pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Elysburg pay little
34% of the jobs based in Elysburg pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 39% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Elysburg workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 916 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Services make up most of the work in Elysburg
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elysburg, 2014 → 2024: 475 → 440. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elysburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Elysburg: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Elysburg workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 983 commuters (the 18% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Elysburg
On a workday 887 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 411 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Elysburg on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The places Elysburg commutes to
Where Elysburg clocks in
15% 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.
Where in the region Elysburg works
About 16% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Elysburg: questions
What is the median household income in Elysburg?
$121,511 (±$10,046) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elysburg?
1.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Elysburg?
34 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Elysburg work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mahoning Township (15%, 7 mi), Ralpho Township (9%, 1 mi), Shamokin Township (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Elysburg 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 Elysburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elysburg
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.