With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Park Crest works elsewhere
For 1% of workers, the job is at home, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%. Employers in Park Crest report 38 jobs, and 210 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Park Crest for work; outside it, Mahanoy City is the main destination (6%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Park Crest
Park Crest is a place people come home to
There are 38 jobs based in Park Crest, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Park Crest has about 470 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Park Crest workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 210 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Park Crest
On a workday 210 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Park Crest on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
A commute of about 32 minutes in Park Crest
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Park Crest workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 286 commuters (the 1% 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.
The commute from Park Crest, by distance
About 30% 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.
Commuting out of Park Crest: the destinations
Where Park Crest clocks in
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.
What Park Crest’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Park Crest, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 38. 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 Park Crest’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Around Park Crest: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Park Crest workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park Crest | – | — | — | 32 min | $59,583 |
| Grier City | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Grier City: 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 Park Crest’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 Park Crest: questions
What is the median household income in Park Crest?
$59,583 (±$38,906) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Park Crest?
20.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Park Crest?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Park Crest work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mahanoy City (6%, 4 mi), Hazle Township (6%, 10 mi), Pottsville (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Park Crest without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Park Crest, from the people who make the trip.
More of Park Crest
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.