Work & commute · Carbon

Work & commute in Carbon, PA

Most working residents leave Carbon for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Liberty (8%), Ayr (7%) and Broad Top City (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 135 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 134 Carbon residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carbon.

134live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carbon goes to work

Liberty5.8 mi away

8%11

Ayr25.4 mi away

7%10

Broad Top City2.1 mi away

4%5

Altoona23.2 mi away

4%5

South Woodbury13.6 mi away

4%5

Saxton4.1 mi away

3%4

Huntingdon20.8 mi away

3%4

Chambersburg33.8 mi away

2%3

College44.9 mi away

2%3

Bedford21 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%82

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

How far

How far Carbon commutes

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

21%

35%

21%

23%

21%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carbon is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carbon are

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

Jobs based in Carbon

14 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities64%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month64%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Carbon residents hold

135 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−66%

Jobs based in Carbon, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 14. 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.