Photo: Vjaquish · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Meshoppen commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Meshoppen has 34 jobs, against 140 working residents. Only 1% work in Meshoppen; the top destination outside it is Meshoppen Township (11%, 2 miles). Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Meshoppen: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 138 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Meshoppen on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Where Meshoppen’s working residents head each day
Where Meshoppen clocks in
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.
What Meshoppen’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Meshoppen, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 34. 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 Meshoppen’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Meshoppen takes about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Meshoppen workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 155 commuters (the 8% 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.
Meshoppen’s commute, mile by mile
About 25% 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.
19% of Meshoppen works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Meshoppen workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meshoppen | – | — | — | 16 min | $78,750 |
| Meshoppen Township | 11% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Mehoopany Township | 8% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Meshoppen Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Mehoopany Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Meshoppen Township. Darker towns draw more of Meshoppen’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 Meshoppen: questions
What is the median household income in Meshoppen?
$78,750 (±$28,783) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Meshoppen?
11.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Meshoppen?
16 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Meshoppen work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Meshoppen Township (11%, 2 mi), Tunkhannock Township (9%, 8 mi), Mehoopany Township (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Meshoppen without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Meshoppen, from the people who make the trip.
More of Meshoppen
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.