Work & commute · Allegheny

Work & commute in Allegheny, PA

Most working residents leave Allegheny for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Altoona (18%), Hollidaysburg (6%) and Logan (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

338 of 2,534 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,196 Allegheny residents head out of town to work, 338 work right here, and 6,401 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Allegheny.

2,196live here, work elsewhere

338live and work here

6,401work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Allegheny goes to work

Altoona5.5 mi away

18%458

Allegheny (in town)right here

13%338

Hollidaysburg4.6 mi away

6%149

Logan5.9 mi away

6%141

Greenfield9.8 mi away

3%87

Blair5.2 mi away

3%83

College42.6 mi away

2%46

Frankstown9 mi away

2%44

Pittsburgh78.9 mi away

1%35

Roaring Spring9.2 mi away

1%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,122

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Allegheny commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

55%

13%

23%

55%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Allegheny is a job hub

2.66jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Allegheny are

6,739 jobs are based in Allegheny. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Allegheny’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Allegheny

6,739 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Allegheny residents hold

2,534 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+28%

Jobs based in Allegheny, 2013 → 2023: 5,262 → 6,739. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.