Work & commute · Castanea

Work & commute in Castanea, PA

Most working residents leave Castanea for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Lock Haven (15%), Williamsport (8%) and Wayne (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 473 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 450 Castanea residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 1,114 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Castanea.

450live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

1,114work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Castanea goes to work

Lock Haven2.1 mi away

15%70

Williamsport21.7 mi away

8%37

Wayne5 mi away

5%24

Castanea (in town)right here

5%23

Flemington2.6 mi away

4%20

Jersey Shore9.7 mi away

4%20

Bald Eagle7.5 mi away

4%17

College29.6 mi away

3%12

Lamar3.4 mi away

3%12

Mill Hall3.7 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%227

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

How far

How far Castanea commutes

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

45%

16%

15%

23%

45%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Castanea is a job hub

2.40jobs 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 Castanea are

1,137 jobs are based in Castanea. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Castanea’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Castanea

1,137 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)84%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month85%

Jobs Castanea residents hold

473 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+32%

Jobs based in Castanea, 2013 → 2023: 862 → 1,137. 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.