Work & commute · Blossburg

Work & commute in Blossburg, PA

Most working residents leave Blossburg for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Wellsboro (16%), Charleston (8%) and Mansfield (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43 of 591 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 548 Blossburg residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 842 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blossburg.

548live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

842work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blossburg goes to work

Wellsboro12.9 mi away

16%96

Charleston9.1 mi away

8%49

Blossburg (in town)right here

7%43

Mansfield8.8 mi away

7%40

Richmond9.1 mi away

4%22

Williamsport30.4 mi away

3%18

New York, NY177.3 mi away

2%12

Philadelphia153.5 mi away

2%12

Corning, NY32.4 mi away

2%11

Erwin, NY31.9 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%278

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

How far

How far Blossburg commutes

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

24%

30%

19%

26%

24%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blossburg is balanced between jobs and homes

1.50jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.50 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Blossburg are

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

Jobs based in Blossburg

885 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Blossburg residents hold

591 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−7%

Jobs based in Blossburg, 2013 → 2023: 951 → 885. 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.