Work & commute · Brokenstraw

Work & commute in Brokenstraw, PA

Most working residents leave Brokenstraw for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Warren (26%), Youngsville (5%) and Conewango (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

94 of 679 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 585 Brokenstraw residents head out of town to work, 94 work right here, and 848 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brokenstraw.

585live here, work elsewhere

94live and work here

848work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brokenstraw goes to work

Warren8 mi away

26%174

Brokenstraw (in town)right here

14%94

Youngsville1.6 mi away

5%36

Conewango5.6 mi away

5%34

Jamestown, NY18.5 mi away

3%22

Millcreek45.6 mi away

3%19

Erie44.3 mi away

3%18

Busti, NY15 mi away

3%17

Corry18.4 mi away

2%13

Pittsburgh102.6 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%240

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

How far

How far Brokenstraw commutes

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

41%

26%

14%

19%

41%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brokenstraw is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Brokenstraw are

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

Jobs based in Brokenstraw

942 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Brokenstraw residents hold

679 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+59%

Jobs based in Brokenstraw, 2013 → 2023: 594 → 942. 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.