Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Making a living in Yatesville
310 jobs are based in Yatesville, against 276 working residents. Hardly any stay in Yatesville for work; outside it, Plains Township is the main destination (12%, 3 miles). The average commute takes 18 minutes each way, next to 26 for Pennsylvania and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Yatesville in brief
Fewer jobs are based in Yatesville than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Yatesville fell from 795 in 2014 to 310 in 2024, −61%. 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 ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
63% of the jobs in Yatesville are in trade, transport and utilities, against 21% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Most Yatesville residents work close to home
63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. 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; with 276 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
73% of the jobs in Yatesville pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Yatesville, 2014 → 2024: 795 → 310. 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 Yatesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Yatesville 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Who leaves Yatesville for work, and who comes in
On a workday 275 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 309 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Yatesville ends
Where Yatesville clocks in
8% of workers
8% 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.
About 18 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Yatesville workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 347 commuters (the 15% 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.
13% of Yatesville works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Pittston Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Yatesville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yatesville | – | — | — | 18 min | $108,125 |
| Jenkins Township | 5% | C+ | C | 19 min | $54,878 |
| Browntown | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Pittston Township | 8% | A− | B+ | 26 min | $68,702 |
Same-state neighbors only. Browntown: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Yatesville’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 Yatesville: questions
What is the median household income in Yatesville?
$108,125 (±$24,720) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Yatesville?
2.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Yatesville?
18 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Yatesville work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Plains Township (12%, 3 mi), Pittston Township (8%, 4 mi), Wilkes-Barre (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Yatesville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Yatesville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Yatesville
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.