With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Laurel Lake works elsewhere
7% of workers have no commute at all, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%. There are 2 jobs in Laurel Lake; 47 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Laurel Lake; the top destination outside it is Binghamton (19%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Laurel Lake quiets down on a workday
On a workday 47 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 99 people are in Laurel Lake on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 Laurel Lake: the destinations
Where Laurel Lake clocks in
19% of workers
11% of workers
11% 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 place that makes things: 100% of Laurel Lake’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Laurel Lake, 2014 → 2024: 13 → 2. 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 Laurel Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Laurel Lake: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Laurel Lake workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 63 commuters (the 7% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Laurel Lake
About 19% 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 Laurel Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Laurel Lake?
$101,500 (±$15,088) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Laurel Lake?
2.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Laurel Lake?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Laurel Lake work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Binghamton (19%, 10 mi), Union (11%, 13 mi), Bridgewater Township (11%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Laurel Lake 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 Laurel Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Laurel Lake
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.