Work & commute · Bellefonte

Work & commute in Bellefonte, PA

Most working residents leave Bellefonte for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are College (24%), State College (11%) and Ferguson (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

299 of 2,671 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,372 Bellefonte residents head out of town to work, 299 work right here, and 2,183 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bellefonte.

2,372live here, work elsewhere

299live and work here

2,183work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bellefonte goes to work

College7.4 mi away

24%634

Bellefonte (in town)right here

11%299

State College9.7 mi away

11%281

Ferguson14.9 mi away

7%187

Benner3.9 mi away

5%136

Spring2.3 mi away

4%113

Patton10.2 mi away

4%101

Boggs5.9 mi away

2%57

Potter9.5 mi away

1%27

Harris10.1 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%812

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

How far

How far Bellefonte commutes

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

61%

15%

18%

61%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bellefonte is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bellefonte are

2,482 jobs are based in Bellefonte. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bellefonte’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bellefonte

2,482 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Bellefonte residents hold

2,671 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−21%

Jobs based in Bellefonte, 2013 → 2023: 3,160 → 2,482. 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.