Work & commute · Broad Top

Work & commute in Broad Top, PA

Most working residents leave Broad Top for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Ayr (6%), Huntingdon (4%) and Snake Spring (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 161 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

56 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 160 Broad Top residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Broad Top.

160live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

77work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Broad Top goes to work

Ayr23.6 mi away

6%9

Huntingdon21.6 mi away

4%7

Snake Spring18.4 mi away

4%7

Greenfield20.8 mi away

4%7

Liberty7.3 mi away

4%7

Altoona25.3 mi away

4%6

Logan27.2 mi away

3%5

Bedford21.6 mi away

3%5

Saxton5.7 mi away

2%4

Pittsburgh98.1 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%100

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

How far

How far Broad Top commutes

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

14%

40%

19%

28%

14%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Broad Top is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Broad Top are

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

Jobs based in Broad Top

78 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Broad Top residents hold

161 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+875%

Jobs based in Broad Top, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 78. 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.