The Hideout has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The average commute takes 50 minutes each way, next to 26 for Pennsylvania and 26 for the U.S. The Hideout has 244 jobs for 789 working residents. Only 3% stay in The Hideout for work; outside it, Salem Township is the main destination (6%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in The Hideout
The Hideout workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 50 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 383 hours of commuting, 184 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in The Hideout than ten years ago
Jobs counted in The Hideout fell from 1,120 in 2013 to 244 in 2023, −78%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
41% 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; with 789 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
From The Hideout, about 50 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of The Hideout workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 688 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.
The Hideout is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in The Hideout, 2013 → 2023: 1,120 → 244. 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 The Hideout’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far The Hideout’s workers travel
About 41% 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.
Who commutes out of The Hideout, and who commutes in
On a workday 768 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 223 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in The Hideout on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Out of The Hideout to work: where people go
Where The Hideout clocks in
6% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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 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 The Hideout: questions
What is the median household income in The Hideout?
$48,045 (±$21,043) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in The Hideout?
18.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from The Hideout?
50 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in The Hideout work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salem Township (6%, 3 mi), Scranton (6%, 16 mi), Honesdale (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around The Hideout 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 The Hideout, from the people who make the trip.
More of The Hideout
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.