Work & commute · Chest

Work & commute in Chest, PA

Most working residents leave Chest for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Burnside (9%), Northern Cambria (7%) and Lawrence (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 176 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 170 Chest residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 140 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chest.

170live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

140work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chest goes to work

Burnside6 mi away

9%15

Northern Cambria10.6 mi away

7%12

Lawrence23.6 mi away

4%7

White26.3 mi away

4%7

Chest (in town)right here

3%6

Cambria20.1 mi away

3%5

Patton9.9 mi away

2%4

Montgomery10.9 mi away

2%4

Clearfield20.2 mi away

2%3

Punxsutawney20.6 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%110

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

How far

How far Chest commutes

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

20%

32%

22%

26%

20%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chest is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Chest are

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

Jobs based in Chest

146 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Chest residents hold

176 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+100%

Jobs based in Chest, 2013 → 2023: 73 → 146. 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.