Earning a living in Pocono Pines
The trip to work takes 15 minutes on average, where Pennsylvania has 26 and the U.S. 26. Home is the office for 43% of workers, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Only 7% work in Pocono Pines itself; outside it, Tobyhanna Township draws the most (12%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Pocono Pines, in a few figures
Home offices are common in Pocono Pines
43% of Pocono Pines workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% 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 ↓
Commutes from Pocono Pines are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 625 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily trip from Pocono Pines: about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pocono Pines workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 312 commuters (the 43% 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.
Half of Pocono Pines commutes less than 33 miles
About 36% 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.
Who leaves Pocono Pines for work, and who comes in
On a workday 581 residents head out to work, 44 work right here, and 483 people come in from elsewhere.
About 860 people are in Pocono Pines on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The places Pocono Pines commutes to
Where Pocono Pines clocks in
12% of workers
7% 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.
In Pocono Pines, services account for most jobs
527 jobs are based in Pocono Pines.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pocono Pines, 2014 → 2024: 366 → 527. 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 Pocono Pines’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 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 Pocono Pines: questions
What is the median household income in Pocono Pines?
$114,643 (±$17,832) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pocono Pines?
5.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pocono Pines?
15 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 43% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pocono Pines work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tobyhanna Township (12%, 3 mi), Pocono Township (7%, 9 mi), New York City (6%, 85 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Pocono Pines without a car?
0% 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 Pocono Pines, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pocono Pines
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.