Work & commute · Brockway

Work & commute in Brockway, PA

Most working residents leave Brockway for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Snyder (15%), DuBois (9%) and Sandy (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

138 of 895 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 757 Brockway residents head out of town to work, 138 work right here, and 566 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brockway.

757live here, work elsewhere

138live and work here

566work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brockway goes to work

Brockway (in town)right here

15%138

Snyder1.5 mi away

15%134

DuBois8.8 mi away

9%80

Sandy7.7 mi away

6%50

Brookville16.2 mi away

4%32

St. Marys20.1 mi away

3%27

Washington5.5 mi away

2%18

Fox10.3 mi away

2%14

Ridgway13.2 mi away

1%13

Pine Creek12.9 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%376

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

How far

How far Brockway commutes

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

48%

18%

28%

48%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brockway is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Brockway are

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

Jobs based in Brockway

704 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Brockway residents hold

895 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−47%

Jobs based in Brockway, 2013 → 2023: 1,327 → 704. 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.