Work & commute · Chest

Work & commute in Chest, PA

Most working residents leave Chest for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Altoona (9%), Hastings (6%) and Patton (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 159 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

50 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 159 Chest residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chest.

159live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

92work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chest goes to work

Altoona16.2 mi away

9%15

Hastings4.7 mi away

6%9

Patton3.2 mi away

5%8

Elder3.7 mi away

5%8

Ebensburg14 mi away

4%7

Cambria14 mi away

4%7

Richland29.2 mi away

4%6

Northern Cambria8.3 mi away

3%5

Johnstown28.7 mi away

3%5

Logan14.3 mi away

3%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%84

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.

23%

37%

19%

21%

23%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chest is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chest are

92 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

92 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Chest residents hold

159 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−7%

Jobs based in Chest, 2013 → 2023: 99 → 92. 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.