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 East Providence (11%), Bedford (9%) and West Providence (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 571 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 566 Broad Top residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Broad Top.

566live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

43work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Broad Top goes to work

East Providence9.6 mi away

11%60

Bedford16.6 mi away

9%52

West Providence12.6 mi away

6%32

Ayr20.5 mi away

4%25

Greenfield20.1 mi away

3%16

Everett11.6 mi away

2%14

South Woodbury11.2 mi away

2%14

Snake Spring13 mi away

2%13

Allegheny26.1 mi away

2%12

Chambersburg32.3 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%322

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.

10%

50%

19%

20%

10%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Broad Top is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Broad Top are

48 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

48 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities75%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less56%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month19%

Jobs Broad Top residents hold

571 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−68%

Jobs based in Broad Top, 2013 → 2023: 150 → 48. 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.