With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Pine Ridge works elsewhere
36 jobs are based in Pine Ridge, against 908 working residents. Only 1% work in Pine Ridge; the top destination outside it is New York City (8%, 64 miles). The average commute takes 59 minutes each way, 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
Work in Pine Ridge, in a few figures
Pine Ridge workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 59 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 452 hours of commuting, 253 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Pine Ridge is a place people come home to
There are 36 jobs based in Pine Ridge, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pine Ridge has about 2,200 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Pine Ridge’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Pine Ridge is New York City, NY, 64 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (72) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. 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 908 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The trip to work from Pine Ridge: about 59 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 18.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pine Ridge workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,293 commuters (the 14% 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 daily flow of workers through Pine Ridge
On a workday 898 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Pine Ridge 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 2023, primary jobs.
Half of Pine Ridge commutes less than 34 miles
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.
The places Pine Ridge commutes to
Where Pine Ridge clocks in
8% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 39% of the jobs in Pine Ridge
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pine Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 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 Pine Ridge’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 Pine Ridge: questions
What is the median household income in Pine Ridge?
$67,296 (±$16,339) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pine Ridge?
18.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pine Ridge?
59 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pine Ridge work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (8%, 64 mi), Middle Smithfield Township (6%, 7 mi), East Stroudsburg (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pine Ridge without a car?
13% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pine Ridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pine Ridge
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.