With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Vandling works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers; Pennsylvania has 16%. Vandling has 63 jobs; 333 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Vandling for work; outside it, Carbondale is the main destination (10%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Vandling: the gist
The workday shuffle in and out of Vandling
On a workday 330 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Vandling on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Commuting out of Vandling: the destinations
Where Vandling clocks in
7% 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.
The kinds of work in Vandling
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vandling, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 63. 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 Vandling’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Vandling: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vandling workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 445 commuters (the 6% 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.
Half of Vandling commutes less than 18 miles
About 26% 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.
Work in the towns next to Vandling
The biggest share goes to Fell Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Vandling workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vandling | – | — | — | 28 min | $77,422 |
| Fell Township | 3% | C+ | C | 25 min | $60,875 |
| Forest City | 3% | C− | A | 23 min | $57,404 |
| Clinton Township | under 3% | C | C− | 26 min | $67,708 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Vandling’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 Vandling: questions
What is the median household income in Vandling?
$77,422 (±$22,973) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vandling?
20.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vandling?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vandling work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carbondale (10%, 4 mi), Scranton (7%, 18 mi), Archbald (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Vandling without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vandling, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vandling
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.