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Jermyn has 226 jobs for 1,010 working residents. Jobs and income earn Jermyn B; getting around on foot earns it B−. Only 3% work in Jermyn; the top destination outside it is Scranton (17%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Jermyn stands out on work
Jermyn is a place people come home to
There are 226 jobs based in Jermyn, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Jermyn has about 1,300 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Jermyn and Scranton trade workers both ways
Scranton is the top workplace for Jermyn residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Jermyn come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Jermyn are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Jermyn
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Jermyn is better than 55% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Jermyn’s grade up (7.8%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($62,917, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Jermyn could be anywhere from C to A.
Who leaves Jermyn for work, and who comes in
On a workday 978 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 194 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Jermyn on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Jermyn’s working residents head each day
Where Jermyn clocks in
17% 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.
A commute of about 19 minutes in Jermyn
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jermyn workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 853 commuters (the 12% 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 kinds of work in Jermyn
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jermyn, 2013 → 2023: 174 → 226. 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 Jermyn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Jermyn
About 17% 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.
Jermyn is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jermyn is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 967 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.2% of Jermyn households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Jermyn’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Jermyn is 1,846th among 5,148 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 26 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | Lowhill Township PA | 2,331 | $144K | 2.7% | 1.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,844 | New Paris IN | 1,549 | $75K | 10.5% | 0.0% | 7% | B |
| 1,845 | Midway KY | 1,787 | $62K | 8.2% | 8.8% | 10% | B |
| 1,846 | Jermyn PA | 2,109 | $63K | 7.8% | 3.6% | 3% | B |
| 1,847 | Burns TN | 1,910 | $69K | 9.2% | 0.8% | 1% | B |
| 1,848 | Westby WI | 2,435 | $73K | 8.0% | 2.6% | 14% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,148 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Jermyn, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Around Jermyn: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Archbald (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Jermyn’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 Jermyn: questions
What is the median household income in Jermyn?
$62,917 (±$16,516) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jermyn?
7.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jermyn?
19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jermyn work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Scranton (17%, 11 mi), Archbald (6%, 2 mi), Dunmore (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jermyn walkable?
Jermyn is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jermyn without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jermyn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jermyn
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.