Photo: Jakec · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Sugar Notch commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
The trip to work takes 24 minutes on average (Pennsylvania 26, U.S. 26). There are 209 jobs in Sugar Notch; 490 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Sugar Notch for work; outside it, Hanover Township is the main destination (14%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Sugar Notch on a workday
On a workday 487 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 206 people come in from elsewhere.
About 710 people are in Sugar Notch 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.
Where Sugar Notch’s working residents head each day
Where Sugar Notch clocks in
13% 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 Sugar Notch’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sugar Notch, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 209. 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 Sugar Notch’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Sugar Notch, about 24 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sugar Notch workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 366 commuters (the 12% 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 miles Sugar Notch commutes
About 18% 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.
Around Sugar Notch: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sugar Notch workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar Notch | – | — | — | 24 min | $52,500 |
| Warrior Run | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Warrior Run: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sugar Notch’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 Sugar Notch: questions
What is the median household income in Sugar Notch?
$52,500 (±$14,607) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sugar Notch?
27.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sugar Notch?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sugar Notch work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hanover Township (14%, 1 mi), Wilkes-Barre (13%, 5 mi), Plains Township (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sugar Notch without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sugar Notch, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sugar Notch
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.