Work & commute · Blacklick

Work & commute in Blacklick, PA

Most working residents leave Blacklick for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Cambria (7%), Johnstown (6%) and Altoona (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 750 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 725 Blacklick residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 122 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blacklick.

725live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

122work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blacklick goes to work

Cambria5.3 mi away

7%49

Johnstown14.2 mi away

6%42

Altoona23 mi away

5%38

White17.3 mi away

5%36

Richland16.3 mi away

4%32

Ebensburg6.3 mi away

4%27

Nanty-Glo3.6 mi away

4%27

Blacklick (in town)right here

3%25

Pittsburgh60 mi away

3%23

Northern Cambria9.9 mi away

3%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%431

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

How far

How far Blacklick commutes

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

24%

38%

13%

25%

24%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blacklick is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blacklick are

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

Jobs based in Blacklick

147 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Blacklick residents hold

750 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−31%

Jobs based in Blacklick, 2013 → 2023: 213 → 147. 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.