Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Tunkhannock Township works elsewhere
Tunkhannock Township has 941 jobs for 2,467 working residents. The two grades for Tunkhannock Township are C+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 4% work in Tunkhannock Township itself; outside it, Pocono Township draws the most (7%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Tunkhannock Township in brief
Jobs in Tunkhannock Township have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Tunkhannock Township went from 429 in 2014 to 941 in 2024, +119%. The jobs ↓
No single place dominates Tunkhannock Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Pocono Township, gets only 7% of working residents, and 65% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Tunkhannock Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Tunkhannock Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Tunkhannock Township
59% of Tunkhannock Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 41% of the jobs based in Tunkhannock Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Tunkhannock Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Tunkhannock Township is better than 39% of U.S. towns, #786 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Tunkhannock Township’s grade up (7.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Tunkhannock Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Jobs in Tunkhannock Township: what the 941 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tunkhannock Township, 2014 → 2024: 429 → 941. 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 Tunkhannock Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The places Tunkhannock Township commutes to
Where Tunkhannock Township clocks in
7% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
A commute of about 36 minutes in Tunkhannock Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tunkhannock Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,368 commuters (the 10% 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 Tunkhannock Township commutes
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In and out of Tunkhannock Township on a workday
On a workday 2,375 residents head out to work, 92 work right here, and 849 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,400 people are in Tunkhannock Township 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 2024, primary jobs.
Tunkhannock Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tunkhannock Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns, #772 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,641 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.3% of Tunkhannock Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Tunkhannock Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Tunkhannock Township is 2,140th of 3,167 U.S. towns of 4,900 to 9,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 77 | London Grove Township PA | 9,047 | $176K | 1.8% | 0.3% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,138 | Margaretta Township OH | 5,385 | $78K | 13.6% | 5.5% | 13% | C+ |
| 2,139 | South Huntingdon Township PA | 5,303 | $71K | 9.4% | 9.7% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,140 | Tunkhannock Township PA | 6,960 | $70K | 7.8% | 4.6% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,141 | Shippensburg PA | 5,615 | $52K | 10.8% | 3.9% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,142 | Kinderhook NY | 8,091 | $82K | 8.8% | 6.7% | 15% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,167 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Tunkhannock Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns around Tunkhannock Township
The biggest share goes to Tobyhanna Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tunkhannock Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tunkhannock Township | – | C+ | C | 36 min | $69,700 |
| Kidder Township | under 2% | B− | D | 34 min | $78,854 |
| Penn Forest Township | under 2% | C | C | 42 min | $67,045 |
| Chestnuthill Township | 4% | B− | C | 40 min | $89,842 |
| Tobyhanna Township | 5% | C | C+ | 30 min | $90,064 |
| Polk Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 40 min | $80,625 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tunkhannock Township’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 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 Tunkhannock Township: questions
What is the median household income in Tunkhannock Township?
$69,700 (±$8,156) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tunkhannock Township?
7.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tunkhannock Township?
36 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tunkhannock Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pocono Township (7%, 10 mi), New York City (5%, 85 mi), Tobyhanna Township (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Tunkhannock Township walkable?
Tunkhannock Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tunkhannock Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tunkhannock Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tunkhannock Township
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.