Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Kelayres works elsewhere
0% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across Pennsylvania. There are 26 jobs in Kelayres; 223 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Kelayres itself; outside it, Hazle Township draws the most (13%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Kelayres and work: the main findings
Kelayres is a place people come home to
There are 26 jobs based in Kelayres, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Kelayres has about 220 people in it, 48% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Kelayres are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Kelayres workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; with 223 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Kelayres by day and by night
On a workday 223 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Kelayres on a workday afternoon, 48% 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.
A commute of about 15 minutes in Kelayres
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kelayres workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 226 commuters (the 0% 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 places Kelayres commutes to
Where Kelayres clocks in
6% 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.
In Kelayres, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kelayres, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 26. 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 Kelayres’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Kelayres works
About 22% 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 Kelayres: questions
What is the median household income in Kelayres?
$49,539 (±$37,778) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kelayres?
9.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kelayres?
15 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kelayres work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hazle Township (13%, 4 mi), Hazleton (6%, 4 mi), Tamaqua (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kelayres without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kelayres, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kelayres
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.