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Jobs & commute in Strong

Work, pay and getting to work in Strong

Hardly any work in Strong itself; outside it, Mount Carmel Township draws the most (15%, 0 miles). 0% of workers work from home, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%. Strong has 47 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

A workday in Strong: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 47 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

47live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night14
Workday0
14live here− 47head out to work+ 0come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Strong on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

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 map

Where the trip to work from Strong ends

New York: 1 residents work here (2%)Ringtown: 1 residents work here (2%)Mount Carmel: 2 residents work here (4%)Ashland: 2 residents work here (4%)Bethlehem: 2 residents work here (4%)Susquehanna Township: 2 residents work here (4%)Ralpho Township: 2 residents work here (4%)Mount Carmel Township: 7 residents work here (15%)Mahoning Township: 6 residents work here (13%)Coal Township: 4 residents work here (9%)StrongAtlasMount Carmel TownshipMahoning TownshipCoal TownshipMount CarmelAshlandBethlehemStrong
115%7
2
Mahoning Township14.3 mi away
13%6
3
Coal Township4.5 mi away
9%4
4
Mount Carmel1.5 mi away
4%2
5
Ashland5.1 mi away
4%2
6
Bethlehem57.4 mi away
4%2
74%2
8
Ralpho Township7.2 mi away
4%2
9
New York City, NY131.3 mi away
2%1
10
Ringtown11.5 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%18
The top trips

Where Strong clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Strong

Working from home
0%

of Strong workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Strong gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 7 commuters (the 0% 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 far

Short hops and long hauls from Strong

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMount Carmel Township: 15% · 0.2 miMahoning Township: 13% · 14.3 miCoal Township: 9% · 4.5 miMount Carmel: 4% · 1.5 miAshland: 4% · 5.1 miBethlehem: 4% · 57.4 miSusquehanna Township: 4% · 40.2 miRalpho Township: 4% · 7.2 miNew York City: 2% · 131.3 miRingtown: 2% · 11.5 miMount Carmel Township 15%Mahoning Township 13%Coal Township 9%Mount Carmel 4%Ashland 4%Strong
StrongTop destinations (size = commuters)
43%Under 10 mi20 residents
26%10–24 mi12 residents
9%25–50 mi4 residents
23%Over 50 mi11 residents

About 23% 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.

Next door

Strong and the towns next door

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Jobs & commute next door

TownStrong workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Strong–————
Atlasunder 3%——25 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Atlas: 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 Strong’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Strong: questions

What is the poverty rate in Strong?

0.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Strong work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Carmel Township (15%, 0 mi), Mahoning Township (13%, 14 mi), Coal Township (9%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Strong 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 Strong, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Strong

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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.