Work & commute · Big Run

Work & commute in Big Run, PA

Most working residents leave Big Run for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Punxsutawney (10%), Henderson (8%) and DuBois (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 195 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 190 Big Run residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 108 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Big Run.

190live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

108work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Big Run goes to work

Punxsutawney5.4 mi away

10%20

Henderson2.8 mi away

8%16

DuBois12.3 mi away

5%10

Sandy14.4 mi away

5%10

Young6.4 mi away

3%6

Big Run (in town)right here

3%5

McCalmont5.9 mi away

3%5

Reynoldsville8.6 mi away

2%4

Lawrence23.3 mi away

2%4

Sykesville6.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%112

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

How far

How far Big Run commutes

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

36%

24%

11%

29%

36%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Big Run is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Big Run are

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

Jobs based in Big Run

113 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)88%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Big Run residents hold

195 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+3%

Jobs based in Big Run, 2013 → 2023: 110 → 113. 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.