Work & commute · Cambria

Work & commute in Cambria, PA

Most working residents leave Cambria for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Ebensburg (8%), Johnstown (5%) and Altoona (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

311 of 2,046 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,735 Cambria residents head out of town to work, 311 work right here, and 4,669 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cambria.

1,735live here, work elsewhere

311live and work here

4,669work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cambria goes to work

Cambria (in town)right here

15%311

Ebensburg1 mi away

8%162

Johnstown14.8 mi away

5%110

Altoona18.1 mi away

4%90

Richland15.2 mi away

4%75

Pittsburgh64.8 mi away

3%57

White22.5 mi away

2%48

Loretto5.8 mi away

2%43

Logan16.9 mi away

2%37

Allegheny14.5 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,084

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

How far

How far Cambria commutes

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

33%

31%

10%

26%

33%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cambria is a job hub

2.43jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Cambria are

4,980 jobs are based in Cambria. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cambria’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cambria

4,980 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Cambria residents hold

2,046 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+14%

Jobs based in Cambria, 2013 → 2023: 4,378 → 4,980. 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.