Photo: Michael J at English Wikipedia · Public domainTunkhannock’s household incomes are lower than in 78% of U.S. towns
Tunkhannock grades D for jobs and income and A for walkability. Poverty touches 21.6% of residents (Pennsylvania 11.7%). For 7% of workers, the job is at home, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Tunkhannock, in a few figures
Tunkhannock’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Tunkhannock is better than 13% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Tunkhannock’s grade up (ahead of 34% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (5.5%) is left out: Tunkhannock’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Tunkhannock could be anywhere from D to C−.
Each way, about 19 minutes from Tunkhannock
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tunkhannock workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 622 commuters (the 7% 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.
A workday in Tunkhannock: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 638 residents head out to work, 60 work right here, and 870 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Tunkhannock on a workday afternoon, 14% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
13% of working residents work in Tunkhannock Township
Where Tunkhannock clocks in
13% of workers
7% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Tunkhannock
930 jobs are based in Tunkhannock.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tunkhannock, 2013 → 2023: 1,151 → 930. 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 Tunkhannock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Tunkhannock’s commute, mile by mile
About 24% 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.
Tunkhannock is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tunkhannock is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Tunkhannock near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 671 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 16.4% of Tunkhannock households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Tunkhannock’s commuters take a bus or train.
Tunkhannock next to U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300: 4,565th of 5,760 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 37 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,563 | Lakeside OR | 1,863 | $65K | 14.1% | 0.6% | 10% | D |
| 4,564 | Hawley PA | 1,212 | $48K | 12.2% | 3.1% | 4% | D |
| 4,565 | Tunkhannock PA | 1,718 | $58K | 21.6% | 5.5% | 9% | D |
| 4,566 | Farwell TX | 1,387 | $57K | 16.3% | 0.0% | 11% | D |
| 4,567 | Augusta WI | 1,483 | $54K | 18.2% | 1.3% | 11% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Bordering towns draw 17% of Tunkhannock’s workers
The biggest share goes to Tunkhannock Township (13%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tunkhannock workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tunkhannock | – | D | A | 19 min | $57,546 |
| Tunkhannock Township | 13% | B− | C+ | 27 min | $83,459 |
| Eaton Township | 4% | C+ | D | 25 min | $69,531 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tunkhannock’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 Tunkhannock: questions
What is the median household income in Tunkhannock?
$57,546 (±$9,969) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tunkhannock?
21.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tunkhannock?
19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tunkhannock work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tunkhannock Township (13%, 3 mi), Scranton (7%, 17 mi), Mehoopany Township (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tunkhannock walkable?
Tunkhannock is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.3 out of 20, and 15% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tunkhannock without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tunkhannock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tunkhannock
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. 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.