Work & commute · Armstrong

Work & commute in Armstrong, PA

Most working residents leave Armstrong for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Williamsport (33%), Loyalsock (8%) and Montoursville (7%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 286 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 285 Armstrong residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 221 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Armstrong.

285live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

221work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Armstrong goes to work

Williamsport3.3 mi away

33%95

Loyalsock5.5 mi away

8%24

Montoursville6.5 mi away

7%19

South Williamsport2.7 mi away

4%11

Jersey Shore12.8 mi away

3%9

Old Lycoming5.7 mi away

3%8

Fairfield9.1 mi away

2%7

New York, NY165 mi away

2%5

Muncy12 mi away

2%5

Pine Creek16.3 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%99

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

How far

How far Armstrong commutes

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

61%

13%

20%

61%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Armstrong is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Armstrong are

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

Jobs based in Armstrong

222 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Armstrong residents hold

286 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+21%

Jobs based in Armstrong, 2013 → 2023: 184 → 222. 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.