With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Indian Rocks works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Indian Rocks; the top destination outside it is Salem Township (12%, 3 miles). There are 17 jobs in Indian Rocks, against 140 working residents. At home: 38% of workers have no commute at all (Pennsylvania 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Indian Rocks
On a workday 140 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Indian Rocks on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Commuting out of Indian Rocks: the destinations
Where Indian Rocks clocks in
12% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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 Indian Rocks are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Indian Rocks, 2014 → 2024: 15 → 17. 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 Indian Rocks’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 36 minutes in Indian Rocks
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Indian Rocks workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 130 commuters (the 38% 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 Indian Rocks goes to work
About 30% 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.
The towns around Indian Rocks
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Indian Rocks workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Rocks | – | — | — | 36 min | $106,250 |
| Greene Township | under 2% | D | C | 44 min | $64,219 |
| Lake Wallenpaupack Estates | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| The Escape | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lake Wallenpaupack Estates and The Escape: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Indian Rocks’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 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 Indian Rocks: questions
What is the median household income in Indian Rocks?
$106,250 (±$17,017) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Indian Rocks?
0.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Indian Rocks?
36 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 38% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Indian Rocks work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salem Township (12%, 3 mi), Scranton (8%, 18 mi), Honesdale (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Indian Rocks 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 Indian Rocks, from the people who make the trip.
More of Indian Rocks
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.