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Work & commute in Alverda · A commuter town

100% of Alverda’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Alverda for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Indiana (12%), White (10%) and Ebensburg (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 84 working residents
Typical commute
23 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
33 min
More than PA (26 min)
Work from home
6%
Less than PA (16%)
Jobs based here
1
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Alverda?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

12% of working residents work in Indiana

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Clymer: 1 residents work here (1%)Ebensburg: 4 residents work here (5%)Indiana: 10 residents work here (12%)Johnstown: 3 residents work here (4%)Robinson: 2 residents work here (2%)Pine: 4 residents work here (5%)GreenCranberry: 4 residents work here (5%)PorterUpper Yoder: 2 residents work here (2%)Buffington: 3 residents work here (4%)White: 8 residents work here (10%)AlverdaIndianaWhiteEbensburgPineCranberryJohnstownAlverda
1
Indiana15.6 mi away
12%10
2
White13.9 mi away
10%8
3
Ebensburg12.3 mi away
5%4
4
Pine4 mi away
5%4
5
Cranberry65.6 mi away
5%4
6
Johnstown21.5 mi away
4%3
7
Buffington9.8 mi away
4%3
8
Robinson68.1 mi away
2%2
9
Upper Yoder24.3 mi away
2%2
10
Clymer8.5 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
51%43
The top trips

Where Alverda clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of Pennsylvania

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
255 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Alverda33 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
6%

of Alverda workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
Day and night

Alverda quiets down on a workday

On a workday 84 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

84live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night160
Workday76
160live here− 84head out to work+ 1come in to work= 76on a workday

About 76 people are in Alverda on a workday afternoon, 52% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.01jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.01 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Alverda commutes less than 23 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miIndiana: 12% · 15.6 miWhite: 10% · 13.9 miEbensburg: 5% · 12.3 miPine: 5% · 4 miCranberry: 5% · 65.6 miJohnstown: 4% · 21.5 miBuffington: 4% · 9.8 miRobinson: 2% · 68.1 miUpper Yoder: 2% · 24.3 miClymer: 1% · 8.5 miIndiana 12%White 10%Ebensburg 5%Pine 5%Cranberry 5%Alverda
AlverdaTop destinations (size = commuters)
10%Under 10 mi8 residents
44%10–24 mi37 residents
12%25–50 mi10 residents
35%Over 50 mi29 residents

About 35% 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.

The jobs

What the 1 jobs in Alverda are

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

Jobs based in AlverdaJobs Alverda residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%15%
Trade, transport & utilities100%23%
Services: health, schools, offices0%62%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less100%7%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%36%
Over $3,333 a month0%57%

Who does it

29 or younger100%17%
30 to 540%61%
55 and older0%23%

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Next door

Alverda and the towns next door

The biggest share goes to Pine (5%). Darker towns draw more of Alverda’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Pine29 min
Alverda33 min
Green37 min
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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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.

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