Jobs and the daily commute in Lucerne Mines
For 33% of workers, the job is at home (Pennsylvania 16%). Only 3% stay in Lucerne Mines for work; outside it, White Township is the main destination (21%, 6 miles). Commuters spend 27 minutes getting to work on average; the Pennsylvania average is 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lucerne Mines at work: what stands out
Fewer jobs are based in Lucerne Mines than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Lucerne Mines fell from 885 in 2014 to 365 in 2024, −59%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Lucerne Mines
33% of Lucerne Mines workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
The jobs in Lucerne Mines pay better than its residents’ jobs
78% of the jobs based in Lucerne Mines pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 58% of the jobs Lucerne Mines residents hold. 97% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Lucerne Mines. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 398 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
78% of the jobs in Lucerne Mines pay over $3,333 a month
365 jobs are based in Lucerne Mines.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lucerne Mines, 2014 → 2024: 885 → 365. 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 Lucerne Mines’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Lucerne Mines spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lucerne Mines workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 142 commuters (the 33% 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.
Who leaves Lucerne Mines for work, and who comes in
On a workday 386 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 353 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Lucerne Mines to work: where people go
Where Lucerne Mines clocks in
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.
Half of Lucerne Mines commutes less than 13 miles
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Lucerne Mines and its neighbors: 23% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lucerne Mines workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucerne Mines | – | — | — | 27 min | $70,644 |
| Homer City | 2% | B− | A | 21 min | $65,129 |
| White Township | 21% | C+ | B | 24 min | $66,186 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to White Township. Darker towns draw more of Lucerne Mines’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 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 Lucerne Mines: questions
What is the median household income in Lucerne Mines?
$70,644 (±$13,810) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lucerne Mines?
0.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lucerne Mines?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 33% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lucerne Mines work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are White Township (21%, 6 mi), Indiana (11%, 4 mi), Center Township (8%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Lucerne Mines without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lucerne Mines, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lucerne Mines
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.