Photo: Jared Kofsky/PlaceNJ.com · CC BY-SA 4.0Jessup draws 3,974 commuters a day, with 2.0 jobs for every working resident
Jessup has 4,137 jobs; 2,059 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Jessup B−; getting around on foot earns it C+. For 6% of workers, the job is at home, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Jessup, in a few figures
Stores, warehouses and trucking
57% of the jobs in Jessup are in trade, transport and utilities, against 25% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Jessup is where the jobs are
Jessup has 4,137 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 6,600 people are in town, 46% more than the 4,500 who live here. Day and night ↓
Jessup has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Jessup went from 2,495 in 2013 to 4,137 in 2023, +66%. The jobs ↓
Jessup and Scranton trade workers both ways
Scranton is the top workplace for Jessup residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Jessup come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Jessup’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 28 minutes, longer than the Pennsylvania average of 26. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in Jessup: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Jessup is better than 53% of U.S. towns, #665 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment holds Jessup’s grade up (2.0%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (18.1%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Jessup could be anywhere from C− to A−.
What Jessup’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jessup, 2013 → 2023: 2,495 → 4,137. 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 Jessup’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Jessup: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,896 residents head out to work and 163 work right here.
About 6,600 people are in Jessup on a workday afternoon, 46% more 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 the people who work in Jessup live
Where Jessup clocks in
16% of workers
8% 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.
From Jessup, about 28 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jessup workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,966 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 it is to work from Jessup
About 20% 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.
Most trips from Jessup start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jessup is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns, #656 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% 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 2,100 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). 5.3% of Jessup households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Jessup’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,100, Jessup ranks 1,934th of 3,862 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 24 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,932 | McLoud OK | 4,564 | $63K | 18.0% | 1.5% | 6% | B− |
| 1,933 | Flagler Beach FL | 5,595 | $85K | 8.4% | 2.8% | 11% | B− |
| 1,934 | Jessup PA | 4,506 | $65K | 18.1% | 2.0% | 8% | B− |
| 1,935 | Sunderland MA | 3,607 | $68K | 14.3% | 6.5% | 4% | B− |
| 1,936 | Quincy Township MI | 4,140 | $70K | 9.3% | 2.4% | 9% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,862 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Jessup, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns next door employ 13% of Jessup
The biggest share goes to Archbald (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jessup workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jessup | – | B− | C+ | 28 min | $64,844 |
| Blakely | 3% | C+ | B+ | 18 min | $55,855 |
| Archbald | 8% | B+ | B | 22 min | $71,936 |
| Olyphant | 2% | B− | B+ | 19 min | $66,423 |
| Jefferson Township | under 3% | B− | C− | 28 min | $92,234 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Jessup’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 Jessup: questions
What is the median household income in Jessup?
$64,844 (±$20,831) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jessup?
18.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jessup?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jessup work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Scranton (16%, 7 mi), Archbald (8%, 4 mi), Dunmore (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jessup walkable?
Jessup is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jessup without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jessup, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jessup
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.