Work & commute · Blair

Work & commute in Blair, PA

Most working residents leave Blair for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Altoona (19%), Allegheny (9%) and Hollidaysburg (7%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

86 of 2,057 working residents

Typical commute

8 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 1,971 Blair residents head out of town to work, 86 work right here, and 1,790 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blair.

1,971live here, work elsewhere

86live and work here

1,790work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blair goes to work

Altoona7.1 mi away

19%396

Allegheny5.2 mi away

9%193

Hollidaysburg1.8 mi away

7%153

Logan8.7 mi away

6%129

Blair (in town)right here

4%86

Greenfield8.7 mi away

4%74

Antis16.3 mi away

2%43

Frankstown5.9 mi away

2%36

Roaring Spring4.9 mi away

2%32

Bedford24.8 mi away

2%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%883

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

How far

How far Blair commutes

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

57%

15%

19%

57%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blair is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Blair are

1,876 jobs are based in Blair. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blair’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Blair

1,876 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Blair residents hold

2,057 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−5%

Jobs based in Blair, 2013 → 2023: 1,985 → 1,876. 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.