Work & commute · Centre Hall

Work & commute in Centre Hall, PA

Most working residents leave Centre Hall for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are College (24%), State College (10%) and Potter (8%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 510 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 503 Centre Hall residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 135 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Centre Hall.

503live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

135work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Centre Hall goes to work

College7.2 mi away

24%120

State College9.7 mi away

10%50

Potter3.2 mi away

8%39

Ferguson15.2 mi away

7%37

Benner7 mi away

5%27

Patton12.5 mi away

4%19

Penn10.4 mi away

3%13

Bellefonte6.5 mi away

2%10

Gregg6.2 mi away

2%10

Spring4.2 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%176

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

How far

How far Centre Hall commutes

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

57%

19%

57%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Centre Hall is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Centre Hall are

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

Jobs based in Centre Hall

142 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Centre Hall residents hold

510 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−43%

Jobs based in Centre Hall, 2013 → 2023: 249 → 142. 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.