Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and the daily commute in Moscow
Only 4% stay in Moscow for work; outside it, Scranton is the main destination (18%, 8 miles). Moscow grades A− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. The average commute takes 22 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What’s behind Moscow’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Moscow is better than 77% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (4.9%, U.S. 12.5%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($82,031, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (4.4%) is left out: Moscow’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Moscow could be anywhere from B to A.
How many people are in Moscow by day
On a workday 859 residents head out to work, 36 work right here, and 692 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 (0.81 per resident).
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 people from Moscow work
Where Moscow clocks in
18% 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.
The kinds of work in Moscow
728 jobs are based in Moscow.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moscow, 2013 → 2023: 660 → 728. 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 Moscow’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Moscow spends getting to work: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Moscow workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 728 commuters (the 15% 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.
Miles to work from Moscow
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Moscow start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Moscow is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 859 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.7% of Moscow households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Moscow’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Moscow is 869th among 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 31 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | West Conshohocken PA | 1,498 | $139K | 5.0% | 1.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 867 | Vilano Beach FL | 2,188 | $121K | 5.4% | 3.1% | 6% | A− |
| 868 | Frenchtown NJ | 1,500 | $98K | 8.7% | 6.8% | 4% | A− |
| 869 | Moscow PA | 1,996 | $82K | 4.9% | 4.4% | 4% | A− |
| 870 | Ashland Township IN | 1,826 | $89K | 3.8% | 1.7% | 1% | A− |
| 871 | Green Township IN | 1,682 | $82K | 6.4% | 1.4% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Moscow, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door to Moscow
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Moscow workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moscow | – | A− | B− | 22 min | $82,031 |
| Madison Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 23 min | $79,769 |
| Roaring Brook Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 25 min | $127,500 |
| Spring Brook Township | under 2% | B− | D | 29 min | $69,821 |
| Covington Township | 4% | A− | B+ | 26 min | $100,313 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Covington Township. Darker towns draw more of Moscow’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 Moscow: questions
What is the median household income in Moscow?
$82,031 (±$10,507) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Moscow?
4.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Moscow?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Moscow work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Scranton (18%, 8 mi), Dunmore (6%, 6 mi), Covington Township (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Moscow walkable?
Moscow is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Moscow without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Moscow, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moscow
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.