Work & commute · Blain

Work & commute in Blain, PA

Most working residents leave Blain for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Spring (6%), Northeast Madison (6%) and Jackson (5%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 97 working residents

Typical commute

30 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 92 Blain residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blain.

92live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

88work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blain goes to work

Spring13.7 mi away

6%6

Northeast Madison4.7 mi away

6%6

Blain (in town)right here

5%5

Jackson2.2 mi away

5%5

Southwest Madison3.6 mi away

4%4

Saville11.2 mi away

3%3

South Middleton22.9 mi away

3%3

Carlisle18.8 mi away

2%2

Harrisburg33.3 mi away

2%2

Pittsburgh129.8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%59

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

How far

How far Blain commutes

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

23%

25%

28%

23%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blain is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Blain are

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

Jobs based in Blain

93 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Blain residents hold

97 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+94%

Jobs based in Blain, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 93. 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.