Penn Estates has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
There are 36 jobs in Penn Estates for 1,665 working residents. Hardly any work in Penn Estates; the top destination outside it is Stroud Township (11%, 3 miles). The trip to work takes 46 minutes on average, next to 26 for Pennsylvania and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Penn Estates apart
Penn Estates workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 46 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 353 hours of commuting, 153 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Penn Estates is a place people come home to
There are 36 jobs based in Penn Estates, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Penn Estates has about 2,000 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% 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.
A commute of about 46 minutes in Penn Estates
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Penn Estates workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,849 commuters (the 11% 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.
How many people are in Penn Estates by day
On a workday 1,650 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Penn Estates on a workday afternoon, 45% 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.
The commute from Penn Estates, by distance
About 33% 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.
Where Penn Estates goes to work
Where Penn Estates clocks in
9% of workers
6% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Penn Estates, 2013 → 2023: 95 → 36. 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 Penn Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Penn Estates: questions
What is the median household income in Penn Estates?
$118,681 (±$36,652) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Penn Estates?
15.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Penn Estates?
46 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Penn Estates work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stroud Township (11%, 3 mi), Pocono Township (9%, 4 mi), New York City (6%, 73 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Penn Estates without a car?
10% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Penn Estates, from the people who make the trip.
More of Penn Estates
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.