Work & commute · Carrolltown

Work & commute in Carrolltown, PA

Most working residents leave Carrolltown for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Altoona (7%), Cambria (6%) and Northern Cambria (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 430 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 410 Carrolltown residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 255 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carrolltown.

410live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

255work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carrolltown goes to work

Altoona17.4 mi away

7%29

Cambria7.9 mi away

6%26

Northern Cambria5.2 mi away

5%21

Carrolltown (in town)right here

5%20

Johnstown22.2 mi away

4%18

Ebensburg8.1 mi away

3%15

Richland23.1 mi away

3%15

East Carroll1.7 mi away

3%13

Pittsburgh67.6 mi away

3%11

West Carroll1.5 mi away

3%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%251

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

How far

How far Carrolltown commutes

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

32%

33%

11%

24%

32%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carrolltown is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carrolltown are

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

Jobs based in Carrolltown

275 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Carrolltown residents hold

430 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−23%

Jobs based in Carrolltown, 2013 → 2023: 358 → 275. 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.