There are 4.0 jobs in Lime Ridge for every working resident, and 1,468 people commute in
Employers in Lime Ridge report 1,488 jobs, against 369 working residents. Only 5% work in Lime Ridge; the top destination outside it is Mahoning Township (13%, 14 miles). Home is the office for 7% of workers, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Lime Ridge
Lime Ridge fills up on a workday
Lime Ridge has 1,488 jobs, 4.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,000 people are in town, more than double the 840 who live here. Day and night ↓
Lime Ridge makes and builds things
40% of the jobs based in Lime Ridge are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Lime Ridge residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 15%. The jobs ↓
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 369 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Lime Ridge on a workday
On a workday 349 residents head out to work and 20 work right here.
About 2,000 people are in Lime Ridge on a workday afternoon, 133% more than live here.
4.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Factories, building and farms: 40% of the jobs in Lime Ridge
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lime Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 1,490 → 1,488. 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 Lime Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip into Lime Ridge
Where Lime Ridge clocks in
13% of workers
11% of workers
9% 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.
Getting to work from Lime Ridge takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lime Ridge workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 368 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Lime Ridge
About 18% 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.
Lime Ridge and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lime Ridge workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lime Ridge | – | — | — | 30 min | $63,148 |
| Almedia | under 2% | — | — | 11 min | — |
| Mifflin Township | under 2% | B | C+ | 24 min | $61,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Almedia: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lime Ridge’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 Lime Ridge: questions
What is the median household income in Lime Ridge?
$63,148 (±$37,093) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lime Ridge?
18.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lime Ridge?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lime Ridge work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mahoning Township (13%, 14 mi), Bloomsburg (11%, 6 mi), South Centre Township (9%, 0 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lime Ridge without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lime Ridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lime Ridge
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.