Mountainhome has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
A typical one-way commute lasts 45 minutes, where Pennsylvania has 26 and the U.S. 26. Mountainhome has 240 jobs for 485 working residents. Only 4% stay in Mountainhome for work; outside it, Barrett Township is the main destination (19%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Mountainhome apart
Each way, about 45 minutes from Mountainhome
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mountainhome workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 406 commuters (the 12% 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.
In and out of Mountainhome on a workday
On a workday 466 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 221 people come in from elsewhere.
About 640 people are in Mountainhome on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Out of Mountainhome to work: where people go
Where Mountainhome clocks in
19% of workers
9% of workers
5% 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.
Goods, not services: 52% of the jobs in Mountainhome
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mountainhome, 2014 → 2024: 196 → 240. 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 Mountainhome’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Mountainhome commutes
About 29% 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 Mountainhome: questions
What is the median household income in Mountainhome?
$84,591 (±$16,430) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mountainhome?
1.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mountainhome?
45 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mountainhome work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Barrett Township (19%, 3 mi), Pocono Township (9%, 9 mi), Paradise Township (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Mountainhome 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 Mountainhome, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mountainhome
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.